Re: [IETF] Re: IETF Diversity
On Jun 19, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Dave Crocker wrote: > On 6/19/2013 11:31 AM, Melinda Shore wrote: >> Even in fields in which the overwhelming majority of >> practitioners, the majority of people in leadership or >> management positions are men. Everybody's got good >> intentions > > > indeed, almost everyone claims that they are a better than average driver. Nah, I'm better than everyone else, because I don't suffer from the Dunning–Kruger effect. > > individual self-assessment tends to be a very unreliable mechanism upon which > to base efforts at social change. Indeed. W > > > d/ > > > -- > Dave Crocker > Brandenburg InternetWorking > bbiw.net > -- Never criticize a man till you've walked a mile in his shoes. Then if he didn't like what you've said, he's a mile away and barefoot.
Re: [IETF] Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?
- Original Message - From: "Warren Kumari" To: "Joe Abley" Cc: "Sam Hartman" ; ; Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 10:01 PM On Apr 29, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Joe Abley wrote: > > On 2013-04-29, at 16:49, Sam Hartman wrote: > >>> "Stewart" == Stewart Bryant writes: >> >> >> Stewart> Why would you disregard a statistical analysis? That seems >> Stewart> akin to disregarding the fundamentals of science and >> >> Statistical analysis is only useful if it's going to tell you something >> that matters for your decision criteria. > > http://i.imgur.com/47D7zGq.png Wow, that *was* useful, and has helped reinforce my belief that I chose the right browser -- "Think of the children, don't use IE." Warren The correlation that has attracted attention near me is the marked drop in crime rates compared with a reduction in the use of leaded petrol; here, you can make a comparison with countries that have or have not reduced the use of leaded petrol at different times, and the correlation stands up, so perhaps Microsoft is not implicated in this one. Tom Petch Couldn't resist: http://xkcd.com/552/ W > > > Joe > -- There were such things as dwarf gods. Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and straong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!" -- Terry Pratchett
Re: [IETF] Re: IETF Diversity Question on Berlin Registration?
On Apr 29, 2013, at 4:55 PM, Joe Abley wrote: > > On 2013-04-29, at 16:49, Sam Hartman wrote: > >>> "Stewart" == Stewart Bryant writes: >> >> >> Stewart> Why would you disregard a statistical analysis? That seems >> Stewart> akin to disregarding the fundamentals of science and >> >> Statistical analysis is only useful if it's going to tell you something >> that matters for your decision criteria. > > http://i.imgur.com/47D7zGq.png Wow, that *was* useful, and has helped reinforce my belief that I chose the right browser -- "Think of the children, don't use IE." Couldn't resist: http://xkcd.com/552/ W > > > Joe > -- There were such things as dwarf gods. Dwarfs were not a naturally religious species, but in a world where pit props could crack without warning and pockets of fire damp could suddenly explode they'd seen the need for gods as the sort of supernatural equivalent of a hard hat. Besides, when you hit your thumb with an eight-pound hammer it's nice to be able to blaspheme. It takes a very special and straong-minded kind of atheist to jump up and down with their hand clasped under their other armpit and shout, "Oh, random-fluctuations-in-the-space-time-continuum!" or "Aaargh, primitive-and-outmoded-concept on a crutch!" -- Terry Pratchett