From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: a07f3367d7,232e89dd4cc3c154 X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,public,usenet X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,UTF8 Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!feeder.news-service.com!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!exi-transit.telstra.net!exi-in1.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!61.9.128.156.MISMATCH!viwinnwcl01.internal.bigpond.com!viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Newsgroups: sci.math,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.ada From: Brian Salter-Duke Subject: Re: KISS4691, a potentially top-ranked RNG. References: <4dae2a4b$0$55577$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4dbd6e9c$0$12957$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com> <925saiFj03U7@mid.individual.net> <4dbe2304$0$12961$892e0abb@auth.newsreader.octanews.com> <4dda0486$0$67782$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4dda09ca$0$6629$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> <4e098093$0$79550$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4e099b90$0$6556$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> <4e09c223$0$79555$c30e37c6@exi-reader.telstra.net> <4e09dcf2$0$6630$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> Reply-To: b_duke@bigpond.net.au User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-2 (Linux) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:39:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 121.219.118.189 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com 1309300779 121.219.118.189 (Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:39:39 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:39:39 EST Organization: BigPond Xref: g2news2.google.com sci.math:242232 comp.lang.c:130804 comp.lang.fortran:44925 comp.lang.pl1:2696 comp.lang.ada:21022 Date: 2011-06-28T22:39:39+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:53:53 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote: > On 28.06.11 13:59, robin wrote: >> "Georg Bauhaus" wrote in message >> news:4e099b90$0$6556$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net... >> | On 28.06.11 09:19, robin wrote: >> | > "Georg Bauhaus" wrote in message >> | > news:4dda09ca$0$6629$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net... >> | > | >> | > | According to Wikipedia, counting all CPUs sold, even the share >> | > | of 8bit µcontrollers is more than a half. (They give sources for >> | > | the numbers.) >> | > >> | > Wikipedia is not a reliable source. >> | >> | They list their references, you didn't. >> >> I've lost count of the number of times I've corrected incorrect >> information in Wikipedia. > > Are you saying that sources (about analysis of number of > processors sold) referenced on the current page are incorrect > and should not be referred to? That is the key point that nobody else has mentioned. Material on wikipedia must be sourced. You should not edit just because you "know" it is wrong. You must have a source. If you can show from another source that the original source is incorrect, that is fine. Not using sources is called "original research" on wikipedia and it is not allowed under the guidelines. It is why wikipedia is actually so much better than you might expect it to be. -- Brian Salter-Duke Melbourne, Australia My real address is b_duke(AT)bigpond(DOT)net(DOT)au Use this for reply or followup "A good programmer can write Fortran in any language"