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| | | In lugnet.general, Kerry Raymond writes a really neat statistical analysis thingie which I snipped: My question here is "What are you using this information for which requires such analysis?". I mean do you base your set purchases on these figures? (...) (23 years ago, 18-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | (...) Use the information? Well, I guess you could. But it's information, it is a thing of beauty to be treasured and preserved for the benefit of future treasurers and preservers. A thing to be analysed to learn deeper truths. But you *could* use (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | (...) On the contrary, I have used it for precisely this purpose. Having come out of a long Dark Age, many themes (or subthemes) came and went in those 30 odd years. Since then, I read LUGnet and see all the people going on and on about Forestmen or (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | (...) Interesting. My first measure is the price/piece - whether on ebay or new. I have an upper limit, beyond which I will not purchase (although I'm always prepared to reassess my upper limit), and I have a working limit, beyond which I will not (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Bruce Schlickbernd
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| | | | | | | | (...) I always figured that no matter how good a set is, if I could by three other poorer sets for the same price and could come up with something much grander, then why the heck buy the overpriced set? And getting blue-coated soldiers (red are (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Richie Dulin
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| | | | | | | | (...) Indeed. Patience can save a lot of money. (Also, be aware that my 15c/part limit is Australian cents. 15 US cents way too much:-)) Richie (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) And how many times have you made such a purchase, without taking into account 0/100 votes, and been disappointed? ROSCO (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Johannes Koehler
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| | | | | Hello! (...) Well done :-) I couldn't follow these analyses anyhow. First I was always bad at maths and secondly I didn't understand half of the sentences without looking up every other word.... (...) Absolutely correct! I think this set rating is (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | | (...) Same for your comment, Jojo! I could not agree more (pling!). I think it is worth to spend a thought why people do rate some sets with extreme votes, but I think, once we have realized they do so, we can easily count it in. Any manipulation of (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —David Eaton
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| | | | | (...) I'm not sure information impracticality is really an excuse for inaccurate or misleading information. I think the point is that if we *can* get more accurate information, why not do it? Clearly this topic interests some people who actively (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) I think if you criticise this, you fail to, fundamentally, get the point behind being obsessed with LEGO(r). Further, this mechanism really lets the obsessive/compulsive among us obsess about yet another thing, and by arguing against it you're (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Why sets receive a ZERO? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | (...) On the contrary! I encourage those who are so inclined to study these figures and do what they want with them! I just dont think it's necessary for such analysis to be "built in" to Lugnet. Unless, of course, Todd finds it interesting and (...) (23 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.general)
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