Glen wrote: "Instead, you keep (or reconstruct) the _machine_ that was used for the original research. To the extent that's not reasonable, then you run your experiments with an alternative machine and characterize how the variation introduced by the machine percolates into the variation in the results of the experiments."
The value of forgetting... The constructive process of making the new version of the old machine makes the person/group re-examine a lot of issues that are worth re-examining, rather than taking as received wisdom. Marcus -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com