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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: US-MN-Mpls >>> Ada Software Engineers <<<
Date: 1999/02/14
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In article <7a1m6c$5i3@drn.newsguy.com>,
  kevin@nospamworld.com wrote:
> But the main point is, you have not given us any other
> source of data to counter the data presented by dice. At
> least I point to some concrete data.

Concrete data that is inadequate, incomplete and
insufficient for any useful generalizations is MUCH worse
than no data at all, because it is more likely to mislead
naive observers into believing that it means something,
Your posts are a good illustration of this effect!

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