 | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Richard Franks
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| | | (...) 50 Means "average" to me - 0 means "pants", and 100 means "insanely great". The focus being on what the individual thinks, rather than the application of the mathematics. It probably depends on context - saying "Why did someone mark my post (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) Yup! :) And asking that question when there are only 1 or 2 people rating an article is really annoying (IMHO). OTOH, asking why 20 people all rated something really low or really high isn't so annoying, IMHO. --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | (...) Well sure. But have we HAD an article rated by 20 yet? So it's a moot point. ++Lar (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) 10 then. 8. Whatever. You know what I mean. --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Sorry, I wasn't clear... :) Lemme try again... Hmm, I wouldn't assume that 50 is an actual average (that's what average means, after all). 50 is 50, whatever 50 means. Thus, it's perfectly fine IMHO to say that an "average" (note the quotes) (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Richard Franks
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| | | | (...) That was probably me, chief. I thought my post was just arguing the point, without making any new ones. I also thought it would be secretly ironic to give it a '20', as I'd included the whine 'Why did someone rate my post as 20?" in it. But (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | | Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) I don't mean one person in specific (same person each time), I mean one input of zero in those cases where there was a zero, which could certainly be different people each time. I just ignore that. If two or three people all marked something (...) (25 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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