Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #18598Re: Shoe Salesman?
From: john
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1987 18:03
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1987 18:03
32 lines
1800 bytes
1800 bytes
In article <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM> briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) writes:
::I do not disagree with you; I have seen computer salesmen who are
::barely qualiied to plug a computer in, let alone explain how one
::works. However, that does *not* give you license to generalize.
:
:Actually, it does. Remember that statistics are valid, for a population. The
:problem comes when people forget the last clause and extrapolate the population
:statistics to the individuals. As you just did.
:
:Statistics can tell you EVERYTHING about a given population. They tell you
:NOTHING about any individual in that population.
:
:Of course, with the number of people in our society who are unable to under-
:stand that subtle difference, I don't wonder at your taking umbrage from a
:defensive posture. . .
:
Excuse me... I missed something. Could I see those statistics again?
I mean the facts you are defending here. Those quantifiable ones.
Thanks,
:--
:-Brian Diehm (SDA - Standard Disclaimers Apply)
:Tektronix, Inc.
:briand@tekig4.TEK.COM or {decvax,cae780,uw-beaver}!tektronix!tekig4!briand
John Gilbert
--
John Gilbert
!trwrb!felix!john
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<6459@felix.UUCP>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!felix!johnReferences:
<kVA9F8y00Vg6V2w09m@andrew.cmu.edu> <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!think!ames!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!felix!john From: john@felix.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Shoe Salesman? Message-ID: <6459@felix.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 14:03:14 EDT Article-I.D.: felix.6459 Posted: Fri Aug 28 14:03:14 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 30-Aug-87 23:49:20 EDT References: <kVA9F8y00Vg6V2w09m@andrew.cmu.edu> <1847@tekig4.TEK.COM> Sender: daemon@felix.UUCP Reply-To: john@felix.UUCP (John Gilbert) Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, CA Lines: 32