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Subject: Re: Dangers in CC - SSDF: Terminology, Statistics

Author: Tony Hedlund

Date: 08:39:12 02/21/03

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On February 21, 2003 at 08:05:09, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On February 21, 2003 at 07:51:57, Jonas Cohonas wrote:
>
>>No matter what statistics say, they don't change the fact that the list was
>>never intended to constitute who is THE number 1, and there is the culprit in
>>your critique.
>
>This is the only "argument" worth a response. All other stuff is off-topic
>personal attacks. Tony Hedlund, perhaps you heard the name before, just hast
>confirmed me that this tradition - right from the begining - is the most
>important reason for SSDF. Presenting a new number one all two months.

And where did I confirm that? I told you that right from the beginning the list
was a complement to our reviews over programs. An estimate for how strong each
program is.

Tony

>And the
>truth is that sometimes this is simply impossible to do. And then they can't do
>it. But as we can see they still do it. And this is against the Law of stats. To
>give the most important law for a rating list.
>
>If you now want to talk about the next Everest expedition, feel free, but don't
>expect me to comment unless you pretend that due to less oxygen the Everest is
>in reality only 7200 meters high. Then I will prove that that is a delusion. The
>same with the number one Shredder.
>
>Rolf Tueschen



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