On 19 Oct 2008, at 22:48, Nick Arnett wrote: > During the weeks following my post, we had abnormally high activity > -- more > than two standard deviations from the mean. One of those weeks, we > were at > more than five standard deviations above the mean.
Obviously controversy always causes a flurry of postings. For a true picture one must wait until the list quiesces again. > Even during the last two > weeks, which have been lower than the previous six, we were still > less than > one standard deviation below the mean, One standard deviation below eh? > which means that the activity level > since my post has only been unusually high, not at any time > unusually low. > That's a whole lot of spin :-) QED Maru "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish." - Albert Einstein -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l