Re: Marijuana

2001-06-23 Thread Jake Wildstrom
Damnit, I promised I wouldn't get involved in this absurd and off-topic thread, but I've got to set the record straight here: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tetsuo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Normal pot doesn't cause hallucinations, exceptions have to be made with >allergies towards it, or not

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-23 Thread Chas F Brown
"David C. Ullrich" wrote: > > On Thu, 21 Jun 2001 21:14:44 -0700, Chas F Brown > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >That seems to be the type of correlation that was reported here - some > >distribution of MJ smoking, and its *temporal* correlation with heart > >attacks. > > > >Now, that s

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-23 Thread Chas F Brown
"David C. Ullrich" wrote: > > > I wonder if there's any data about correlation between alcohol > use and traffic fatalities? Probably not, I certainly don't see > why there would be any connection. I mean if alcohol were > more dangerous than pot in just about any way a person could > name t

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-23 Thread Tetsuo
in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tetsuo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 24-06-2001 00:17: > in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], David C. Ullrich at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23-06-2001 16:06: > >> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:49:02 GMT, Steve Leibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: > >>> Hallucinating? On pot?

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-23 Thread Tetsuo
in article [EMAIL PROTECTED], David C. Ullrich at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23-06-2001 16:06: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:49:02 GMT, Steve Leibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Hallucinating? On pot? What are YOU smokin'? Pot doesn't cause >> hallucinations > > Where are you getting your fac

Re: probability that Xi >= X1...Xn

2001-06-23 Thread Richard Beldin
--20209B611F2A68F79DC95EE5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You say the X1...Xn are independent. Are they also identically distributed? If not, you will have some very cumbersome expressions.If we use f(Xk) as the density and F(Xk) as the cdf

Re: cigs & figs

2001-06-23 Thread J. Williams
On 17 Jun 2001 14:47:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (EugeneGall) wrote: >On Slate, there is quite a good discussion of the meaning and probabilistic >basis of the statement that 1 in 3 teen smokers will die of cancer. It is >written by a math prof and it is one of the most effective lay discussions I

Re: Marijuana

2001-06-23 Thread David C. Ullrich
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 20:49:02 GMT, Steve Leibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Rich Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Fri, 22 Jun 2001 18:45:52 GMT, Steve Leibel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E