Well you couldn't ask his sex because it might be her sex and as far as shoe size, that would leave out the folks with no feet...so quess we're back to where we started....:crazy:
You probably have more statistics training/education then I, but I have always found the median to be used to represent very erroneous data. Although in this particular case it probably applies.
I estimate there's a .999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 probability that Matt has more statistics training/education than jnky. But that's only an estimate.
+1, great show and even if you don't listen to NPR, you should at least grab the pod-cast weekly. Although there's a lot of good entertainment on NPR on the weekend, Car Talk, A Prarie Home Companion....
No, they lost to the Knicks. I had someone ask me the other day who the St. Louis Blues were when I mentioned them. :shocked:
If you were serious with that response you would've managed in one thread to get yourself disowned by Canada, the United States, and the greater St. Louis Metropolitan Area, kudos to you.
Both the median and the mode were very low... And the median is a good number if there is a bounded range, like this test. It's crappy for things like income, where the bottom is 0 but the top is unbounded. One Bill Gates really moves the median, but doesn't really budge the mode.... Anyway, no matter how you slice it, the results indicate that cluelessness is pervasive.... Matt sorry, should have said mean and median, but the mode was really low too. like 4 correct, I think.
Here in St.Louis, a major highway was being closed for a 2 year rebuilding project. This was talked about in the media, and signage was put up letting people know about the closure, for months in advance. Well the day finally came, and the highway was closed, and there were still people, who drove that way everyday, that got to the barricade and said they nothing of the closureut: Mark
Guilty, although I don't live in the STL area so I missed all the news. The problem I had was I was on my way to the dealership on I-64, there were signs that indicated a detour but I didn't realize 64 itself was closed (The signs said something like "Contruction, I-70 Detour"). At least some of that traffic was due to somewhat ambiguous labeling of the actual closure.
Don't feel so bad... I think that we all have a tendancy to move through life insulated in our own particular bubble to some extent. What is key is to go counter to ones own tendancies and actively persue information channels that are separate from and even counter too ones own set of biases. That's why I read Blimey's posts! Matt
LOL - I just saw this. I'm Matt's own personal Glenn Beck. :lol: If I don't convert him... being a small business owner will... :cornut:
...and try doing the small business without an outside source of income and the conversion will happen over night...
Sorry guys... I'm even in California, which has a bunch of extra paperwork and the like. what it comes down to is I really believe that shared sacrafice makes a better world for all. I'll never convert to the Repubs as long as they act the way they do. The Dems are disorganized and borderline incompetent, the Repubs are greedy and mean spirited. Given those choices, I'll go with disorganized incompetence every time. Another thing that keeps me from moving is the systematic undermining of data driven decisions. The Repubs have done more to hurt scientific, objective data based decisions in the last 25+ years than I ever imagined. I guess I'm hopeless. But this should make you laugh.. I did learn what can turn a tree hugger into a repub.... Move to a hill with a view. As the trees grow, blocking your view, cutting them down doesn't seem like such a bad idea. We had a small pine tree take out powerlines one winter. 61 feet high and just 20 years old. That's over 3 feet a year! Effin' weeds they are! Matt
... and I 100% support your (and my) right to sacrifice as much as you (or I) would like to help others. My charitable contributions each year are significant. And would be even if I didn't get a tax deduction. But I don't ask you for your wallet so i can choose how much you're going to sacrifice this year, and for which causes i think are most worthy. And i don't offer you my wallet to do the same. More good is done for more people by creating jobs and improving standards of living, by allowing the private sector and free markets to operate. Perfect? No. But beats the alternatives. Every dollar pulled out of my wallet, or out of the private sector in general, is a dollar that the private sector can't use to create jobs or improve standard of living. And we're seeing RIGHT NOW the impact of what happens when we opt for government re-allocation vs. private investment. How many jobs have been created or saved by the "stimulus"? How many jobs have been lost due to the added "pull back" by businesses who have lower confidence in future economic performance, due to rising deficits, rising national debt, increasing government intervention, and reduction of the profit motive? I'll bet $1000 that more jobs have been lost by the latter than gained by the former in the same amount of time. 10.2% and climbing.... and that's when you don't count the people (like my wife) who lost their job, and aren't looking actively for replacement right now... or people who have "given up" and left the workforce, temporarily or permanently. Real percentage of "out of work" Americans is closer to 20%. "Jobs created or saved...." Hot Air Blog Archive Porkulus job numbers “wildly exaggerated”: Boston Globe? I'm not interested in converting anyone to be a Republican - they mostly suck, also. I'd be happy to convert a bunch of people to "Independents" who vote issues, results and rational ability of candidates to improve the situation - and who will change course when they see that the horse they backed was selling snake oil... And atta boy, showing that tree who's boss.