Biased data collection, misunderstood mathematical rules and "correction formulas" if the results don't seem to fit.
This can be true, but the reality is, most statistician I know, actually do spend an enourmous abount of time addressing these issues.
The problem is that many of the people in this business aren't mathematician and if they are then they are at best only second rates ones.
While studying statistics in graduate school, it was my expereience that most of the math guys we took classes with started out feeling this way, then when realizing we were there to study only probabilty and stochastics, we actually got a grudging respect as we had to go as far as their specialists in those topics, yet still had to not reek of B.O. and not piss our pants when spoken to by women.
This poblem doesn't appear only in public survey - in fact most "statistics" in natural and political sciences are usually fucked.
I defy you to 'prove' one real world application of ANY stochastic model is 'right'.
yeah, but the DVD had "a sizeable improvement over the current resolution of existing [VHS format]" They also offered WAY more content that a VHS, as well as longevity that a VHS had, not to mention more favorable licensing to lower the price... It was a complete no-brainer that the DVD would smoke the VHS.
His point is, what more could a new DVD offer over existing? Certainly not enough to cause people to drop their current Players, and titles.
It was the late 70s and our schoolsystem had yet to own a computer for students to use. Since our parents refused to pony up the $3k to buy us one, we would go to the local radio shack to use the floor models.
The clerks were actually really nice about... they'd let us program literally for hours. I remember the first program I'd written was one that would use those screwy text characters to draw a face, then make the eye wink...
As a couple of years past, his folks ended up getting his a ModelIII, and he actually upgraded the thing over a period of a couple of years to a Model IV, two floppy drives, the 'high-res' graphics, board, printer, and a 5MB hard drive (it was actually the first hard drive I'd ever seen, and was the size of a IBM PC XT).
I remember one program he's written with it, that he'd typed in from some magazine, that would allow you to digitize sound by talking into the condense mic on his old tape drive, and play it back though that absurd sound 'card' they had on those things.
Good times...
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It also seemed to confuse the telemarketers too, before installing the system, we got several calls a day, now we get one or two a week.
did you set this up around the first of October... when the National do not call registry took effect?
Why use a spinning sphere?
Couldn't you just as easily use a mouse with a wheel?
Let the ball control the X,Y coordinates, and the wheel, the Z. When you select an object in space, have the ball control 'spinning the opject, the wheel the 'yaw'.
Just a thought.
everything.
I thought it was really funny...
Tragically, being my first ever response to any slashdot comment, I buggered it up, had to do it again, then blew the paste.
I'm so ashamed.
Actually, I sold my ten grand stereo while in College. Currently I've got mostly sony. Cheap, but not wallmart cheap, if you know what I mean.
What I was refering to was droping another 600 bucks on a dedicated multimedia box. That just seemed like overkill, give I would use it for four things: CDs, DVDs, DIVX and MP3s.
I think I'm going to wait until I can get a cheap box that will play DVDs, CDs, as well as connect to a network and play MP3s and DIVXs...
Doesn't the hush do that?
I've been looking for something like this as well.
I did find another article (in linux journal) written in 2001 (perhaps 02), that gave steps to creating a DVD that could be played in player, but nothing even close to what is beind discussed here.
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Here's a good link to learn something about ternary logic... I found it helpful anyway.
geeze, you'd think the military would just use some of that area 51 alien technology and save a few bucks...
Sounds like the Supply side Jesus is punishing you for allowing your government to negotiate cheap drugs.
heh. me neither.
This can be true, but the reality is, most statistician I know, actually do spend an enourmous abount of time addressing these issues.
The problem is that many of the people in this business aren't mathematician and if they are then they are at best only second rates ones.
While studying statistics in graduate school, it was my expereience that most of the math guys we took classes with started out feeling this way, then when realizing we were there to study only probabilty and stochastics, we actually got a grudging respect as we had to go as far as their specialists in those topics, yet still had to not reek of B.O. and not piss our pants when spoken to by women.
This poblem doesn't appear only in public survey - in fact most "statistics" in natural and political sciences are usually fucked.
I defy you to 'prove' one real world application of ANY stochastic model is 'right'.
errr... polls are already suggesting that Hillary can beat W. This suggests to me that day has come.
yeah, but the DVD had "a sizeable improvement over the current resolution of existing [VHS format]" They also offered WAY more content that a VHS, as well as longevity that a VHS had, not to mention more favorable licensing to lower the price... It was a complete no-brainer that the DVD would smoke the VHS.
His point is, what more could a new DVD offer over existing? Certainly not enough to cause people to drop their current Players, and titles.
It was the late 70s and our schoolsystem had yet to own a computer for students to use. Since our parents refused to pony up the $3k to buy us one, we would go to the local radio shack to use the floor models. The clerks were actually really nice about... they'd let us program literally for hours. I remember the first program I'd written was one that would use those screwy text characters to draw a face, then make the eye wink... As a couple of years past, his folks ended up getting his a ModelIII, and he actually upgraded the thing over a period of a couple of years to a Model IV, two floppy drives, the 'high-res' graphics, board, printer, and a 5MB hard drive (it was actually the first hard drive I'd ever seen, and was the size of a IBM PC XT). I remember one program he's written with it, that he'd typed in from some magazine, that would allow you to digitize sound by talking into the condense mic on his old tape drive, and play it back though that absurd sound 'card' they had on those things. Good times...
It also seemed to confuse the telemarketers too, before installing the system, we got several calls a day, now we get one or two a week. did you set this up around the first of October... when the National do not call registry took effect?
poor guy. his list of other doom dates doesn't mention this one. I hope he's alright.
Why use a spinning sphere? Couldn't you just as easily use a mouse with a wheel? Let the ball control the X,Y coordinates, and the wheel, the Z. When you select an object in space, have the ball control 'spinning the opject, the wheel the 'yaw'. Just a thought.
everything. I thought it was really funny... Tragically, being my first ever response to any slashdot comment, I buggered it up, had to do it again, then blew the paste. I'm so ashamed.
heh. I gave up playing videogames about 15 years ago... futzing with an Xbox really seems like a pain in my ass for very little gain.
Actually, I sold my ten grand stereo while in College. Currently I've got mostly sony. Cheap, but not wallmart cheap, if you know what I mean. What I was refering to was droping another 600 bucks on a dedicated multimedia box. That just seemed like overkill, give I would use it for four things: CDs, DVDs, DIVX and MP3s.
I think I'm going to wait until I can get a cheap box that will play DVDs, CDs, as well as connect to a network and play MP3s and DIVXs... Doesn't the hush do that?
Execution in O( nick ) time.
I've been looking for something like this as well. I did find another article (in linux journal) written in 2001 (perhaps 02), that gave steps to creating a DVD that could be played in player, but nothing even close to what is beind discussed here.