From: Lee Crites <adonai@jump.net>
Subject: Re: Results of my test: Re: Friday 13th, try it yourself
Date: 1996/09/27
Date: 1996-09-27T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960927175816.8469B-100000@serv1.jump.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 52hb32$ns5@sjx-ixn3.ix.netcom.com
> >However, the results are no different. Basically, the 13th falls
> >uniformily across each day of the week.
> >
> > Sun found 687 times
> > Mon found 685 times
> > Tue found 685 times
> > Wed found 687 times
> > Thu found 684 times
> > Fri found 688 times
> > Sat found 684 times
> > error found 0 times
>
> Something is really wrong here. The results show the opposite of the
> poster's conclusions. No?
No.
It's all fine and good to try to be precise. But there comes a time when
overprecision is uncalled for. This is one of them. "Basically, the 13th
falls uniformally across each day of the week" is an accurate statement.
Not only is something *not* wrong, it is not 'really wrong.'
Sorry guys, but I'd forgotten how truly anal some of these discussions can
become.
I find it amazing that I'd be taken to task for saying that "basically"
these results show a uniform distribution -- I figured anyone with
sense enough to read the message in the first place could understand
the term 'basically.' I guess I am wrong on that -- so I guess there
WAS something 'really wrong' with my original message!
It's my guess that if everyone knew there was only one more from the
beginning, this discussion would have probably never happened! In fact,
I guess if ANYONE knew the above distribution, this discussion wouldn't
have happened.
And for those dozen or more people who tried to point out some 'obvious'
error (like the fact I set the initial date to 1752 or checked for < 400),
go back through the scripts with as fine a tooth comb as you are using in
interpreting the data, and then tell me what was wrong.
After all, if you are going to be anal, do it right. (including looking
up that term so you don't show more stupidity by trying to say anal=ass)
Lee
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1996-09-13 0:00 language wars (results 13 September) last posting Roy Gardiner
1996-09-13 0:00 ` William Clodius
1996-09-13 0:00 ` Peter Seebach
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1996-09-16 0:00 ` Robert Fahey
1996-09-18 0:00 ` James Giles
1996-09-18 0:00 ` Andrew Gierth
1996-09-18 0:00 ` Luke Chao
1996-09-18 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-09-18 0:00 ` James Giles
1996-09-19 0:00 ` Andrew Gierth
1996-09-19 0:00 ` Daniel J. Long
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Pizzini
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Art Schwarz
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Ken Pizzini
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Paul Gilmartin
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Matthew D. Healy
1996-09-29 0:00 ` Randy MacDonald
1996-10-03 0:00 ` galina.kasminskaya
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Dave Tholen
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Ken Pizzini
1996-09-19 0:00 ` Norman H. Cohen
1996-09-20 0:00 ` John Girash
1996-09-20 0:00 ` John Girash
1996-09-20 0:00 ` Friday 13th, try it yourself (was Language Wars..) Clinton Pierce
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Russell Mosemann
1996-09-21 0:00 ` Russell Mosemann
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Barrie Walker
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Jim Shapiro
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Ken Pizzini
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Results of my test: Re: Friday 13th, try it yourself Lee Crites
1996-09-25 0:00 ` William Clodius
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Dik T. Winter
[not found] ` <52qpqt$1b3l@ilx018.iil.intel.com>
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Dik T. Winter
1996-10-02 0:00 ` Ken Pizzini
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Dr John Stockton
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Dr John Stockton
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Lee Crites
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Glen Clark
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Daan Sandee
1996-09-26 0:00 ` Jeff Drummond
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Ray Dunn
1996-09-26 0:00 ` John Winters
1996-09-27 0:00 ` CHI Research, Inc.
1996-09-27 0:00 ` Lee Crites [this message]
1996-09-28 0:00 ` John Winters
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Adam Beneschan
1996-10-01 0:00 ` Mike McCarty
[not found] ` <199609302101.JAA04610@kauri.vuw.ac.nz>
1996-09-30 0:00 ` Lee Crites
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Friday 13th, try it yourself (was Language Wars..) Matthew D. Healy
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Dik T. Winter
1996-09-25 0:00 ` Paul Gilmartin
1996-09-22 0:00 ` Dr John Stockton
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Dr John Stockton
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Randy MacDonald
1996-09-23 0:00 ` Dik T. Winter
1996-09-25 0:00 ` John Harper
1996-09-25 0:00 ` jupiter
1996-09-24 0:00 ` language wars (results 13 September) last posting Andrew Gierth
1996-09-24 0:00 ` Art Schwarz
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1996-10-03 0:00 Results of my test: Re: Friday 13th, try it yourself James Gillespie
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Daan Sandee
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Dr John Stockton
1996-10-03 0:00 ` Paul Skoczylas
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