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Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
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Wed, 5 Apr 2000 00:33:43 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Richard Franks writes:
> 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 down"
> is less correct than "Why did someone think my post was less than average",
> which is less correct than saying "Why did someone rate my post as 20"?

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



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  Re: New 9V Digital Trains for Germany this Autumn
 
(...) Well sure. But have we HAD an article rated by 20 yet? So it's a moot point. ++Lar (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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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 (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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