So, you post a survey on Slashdot. Now, I am not a statistician, and I have never played one on TV, but I think I have heard a thing or two about selection bias. Is your organization run by two college kids and an IIS server?
In the worst case scenario with 1 in 5 million, you might get 1,000 or so U.S. hits to the same. that would clearly be a problem.
At one in a billion you will alomost never get more than 10. At that point, simple detective work would solve the issue except possibly in identical twins.
The only "stupid" part of the proposal would be assuming DNA evidence means you caught your killer. But the collision rate is not the weak part of this proposal.
" the chance of two unrelated people having the same fingerprint is (and I don't know the actual number) one in ten million and if you have every American in a database then given a DNA sample you'll get thirty people, twenty nine of which will be dragged into court through no fault of their own. Put simply, this is a profoundly stupid idea.'
Wow. So you have no clue about the actual overlap rate, have no clue if the author does, and then conclude his idea is dumb.
I marvel at the logic of you and the person who modded you up.
No offense, but I'm in the position to know the financial dealings of some tens of thousands of wealthy individuals, and I can tell you flatly and honestly that the primary purpose of the vast majority of those "donations" is to dodge taxes.
That is so moronic as to be laughable. You cannot donate $1 and get back more than $1. So, I doubt you really deal with the financial dealings of "tens of thousands of wealthy individuals".
Actually, I tend to be more liberal than conservative.
And if you are looking at college students, the average should be above 100 because of selection bias. So, I would think it is YOU who does not understand the bell curve.
Now, having said that, this study is not the one I was thinking of. This one trackedkids from a younger age through young adulthood.
Yes, I am quite aware of this. The OP makes it sound like there is a titantic difference. Again, if this is the same study I read, it focused on college students.... which makes me wonder if 103 is really above average given the demographic.
Ah, yes. Slashdot... where correlation does not mean causation unless the study supports your prejudices.
Does high IQ produce the bent away from conservative values and religion? Or does high IQ cause one to feel "superior to the masses", arrogance and then a rejection of these values? The study is not able to go into this.
And assuming this is the same study as the one I read... was done on a college population (brilliant sampling technique, I must admit). It also found that the "ubermensch" has an average IQ of 103. Clearly our atheist, liberal overlords are far beyond what I can even imagine intellect wse.
Wow. You had an argument on the internet. Then you came here to report it. Maybe you can report on digg how you explained your brilliance on Slashdot and just got a sarcastic reply.
Yes. Both at the company I work for and the regional bank I developed for a couple years ago. It is impossible, IMO, to do many functions without these privileges.
And this is what bothers me. If you are willing to run an experiment enough times, you will eventually get data to support your assertions. Get a statistical 90% certainty, and it could be that you ran the scenario 100 times, and throw out the 99 times that did not give you this certainty. The scientific process is bullet proof. The folks who "do science" not necessarily so.
I was about to ask you to not post on Slashdot any more. However, I rethought that and figured this was the safest place (for the rest of us) for you to hang out.
P2P can mean Point-To-Point as well as Peer-To-Peer. The point is you made a big hissy fit over something that you yourself do and something that in inconsequential.
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So, you post a survey on Slashdot. Now, I am not a statistician, and I have never played one on TV, but I think I have heard a thing or two about selection bias. Is your organization run by two college kids and an IIS server?
One could say the same about IT workers.
In the worst case scenario with 1 in 5 million, you might get 1,000 or so U.S. hits to the same. that would clearly be a problem.
At one in a billion you will alomost never get more than 10. At that point, simple detective work would solve the issue except possibly in identical twins.
The only "stupid" part of the proposal would be assuming DNA evidence means you caught your killer. But the collision rate is not the weak part of this proposal.
" the chance of two unrelated people having the same fingerprint is (and I don't know the actual number) one in ten million and if you have every American in a database then given a DNA sample you'll get thirty people, twenty nine of which will be dragged into court through no fault of their own. Put simply, this is a profoundly stupid idea.'
Wow. So you have no clue about the actual overlap rate, have no clue if the author does, and then conclude his idea is dumb.
I marvel at the logic of you and the person who modded you up.
Oh yea? My boss just busted into the bathroom stall and told me to stop wanking!
My boss just came into my office and told me to get the hell off of Slashdot and get back to work!
What am I missing? Why is this modded funny?
No offense, but I'm in the position to know the financial dealings of some tens of thousands of wealthy individuals, and I can tell you flatly and honestly that the primary purpose of the vast majority of those "donations" is to dodge taxes.
That is so moronic as to be laughable. You cannot donate $1 and get back more than $1. So, I doubt you really deal with the financial dealings of "tens of thousands of wealthy individuals".
Actually, I tend to be more liberal than conservative.
And if you are looking at college students, the average should be above 100 because of selection bias. So, I would think it is YOU who does not understand the bell curve.
Now, having said that, this study is not the one I was thinking of. This one trackedkids from a younger age through young adulthood.
Yes, I am quite aware of this. The OP makes it sound like there is a titantic difference. Again, if this is the same study I read, it focused on college students.... which makes me wonder if 103 is really above average given the demographic.
Ah, yes. Slashdot... where correlation does not mean causation unless the study supports your prejudices.
Does high IQ produce the bent away from conservative values and religion? Or does high IQ cause one to feel "superior to the masses", arrogance and then a rejection of these values? The study is not able to go into this.
And assuming this is the same study as the one I read... was done on a college population (brilliant sampling technique, I must admit). It also found that the "ubermensch" has an average IQ of 103. Clearly our atheist, liberal overlords are far beyond what I can even imagine intellect wse.
My botnet will be able to pump out ONE THOUSAND times the spam that it does now.
Wow. You had an argument on the internet. Then you came here to report it. Maybe you can report on digg how you explained your brilliance on Slashdot and just got a sarcastic reply.
You really need to learn how to follow a comment thread...
Pluto IS a planet. It was a planet when I was in school, so it will always be a planet, dadgummit.
Part of the ambitious plan is to TRIPLE the number of sentient life forms discovered by SETI with five years.
I think I heard something.
I am not sure I remember it right.
I can't be bothered to look it up.
Clearly a prime candidate for an Insightful mod.
Where are you getting a reliable, consistent 6mbps?
Wow. You are a total and complete ass. You don't like the Chinese government, so some poor two year old should get poisoned?
Fucktard.
Yes. Both at the company I work for and the regional bank I developed for a couple years ago. It is impossible, IMO, to do many functions without these privileges.
And this is what bothers me. If you are willing to run an experiment enough times, you will eventually get data to support your assertions. Get a statistical 90% certainty, and it could be that you ran the scenario 100 times, and throw out the 99 times that did not give you this certainty. The scientific process is bullet proof. The folks who "do science" not necessarily so.
I was about to ask you to not post on Slashdot any more. However, I rethought that and figured this was the safest place (for the rest of us) for you to hang out.
Thanks, Slashdot!
P2P can mean Point-To-Point as well as Peer-To-Peer. The point is you made a big hissy fit over something that you yourself do and something that in inconsequential.
From your previous comment in a prior thread
"Oh yeah, my mistake. So, is there any commercial program out there which uses P2P?"
How is that any different from using "BB" in a response to an article about BlackBerry?
hth hand
You lead a very full life there, Ari!