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Article #2585Improper attribution
From: David Karr
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:29
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:29
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In article <1k3f3hINN29k@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes: >In article <1993Jan26.115545.11556@eng.cam.ac.uk>, cmh@eng.cam.ac.uk (C.M. Hicks) writes: >=karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) writes: >= >=>>You meet the daughter of a friend of yours on the street. You know >=>>that your friend has two children. You think to yourself, "Ignoring >=>>the occurrence of twins, and sex-linked differences in birth rates >=>>and infant mortality, what are the odds of this girl's sibling also >=>>being a girl?" Just for the record, I never wrote the above paragraph. I quoted it merely because I disliked the wording, and now two people (Hicks and Lydick) have posted my name above it for no good reason at all. Sigh. Cut it out, guys! -- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
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Newsgroups: rec.puzzles Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!think.com!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!karr From: karr@cs.cornell.edu (David Karr) Subject: Improper attribution Message-ID: <1993Jan26.162907.27071@cs.cornell.edu> Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853 References: <1993Jan25.145759.2592@cs.cornell.edu> <1993Jan26.115545.11556@eng.cam.ac.uk> <1k3f3hINN29k@gap.caltech.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:29:07 GMT Lines: 18