----- Original Message ----- From: "Warren Kumari" <warren@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Joe Abley" <jabley@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Sam Hartman" <hartmans-ietf@xxxxxxx>; <ietf@xxxxxxxx>; <stbryant@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:01 PM On Apr 29, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Joe Abley <jabley@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 2013-04-29, at 16:49, Sam Hartman <hartmans-ietf@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>>>> "Stewart" == Stewart Bryant <stbryant@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >> >> Stewart> Why would you disregard a statistical analysis? That seems >> Stewart> akin to disregarding the fundamentals of science and >> >> Statistical analysis is only useful if it's going to tell you something >> that matters for your decision criteria. > > http://i.imgur.com/47D7zGq.png Wow, that *was* useful, and has helped reinforce my belief that I chose the right browser -- "Think of the children, don't use IE." <tp> Warren The correlation that has attracted attention near me is the marked drop in crime rates compared with a reduction in the use of leaded petrol; here, you can make a comparison with countries that have or have not reduced the use of leaded petrol at different times, and the correlation stands up, so perhaps Microsoft is not implicated in this one. Tom Petch Couldn't resist: http://xkcd.com/552/ W > > > Joe > -- There were such things as dwarf gods. Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and straong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!" -- Terry Pratchett
