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Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
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Tue, 1 Jun 2004 15:19:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
   In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
   The 76% figure came from here, in section 4.3. Poor citation on my part.

**snip of the rest that really should have been obvious to me**

Note the symbol is not % but its cousin, with two zeroes in the denominator. That indicates “76 of one thousand.” If they’d meant 76/100, they would have used 0/0 and not 0/00.

Man, this is just embarrassing. I did *not* note the mill sign. Maybe if they’d referred to basis points, it would have gotten through my skull.

But probably not.

I’m reminded of an admission I made long ago in one of our many discussions of science/religion: I’ve been wrong in this forum (spectacularly wrong, in fact) on one or two occasions--that’s how it goes.

Glad to see that I’m consistent, at least.

Dave!



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  Re: From Richard: "It's all bad news - Chaos is my fault"
 
(...) Note the symbol is not % but its cousin, with two zeroes in the denominator. That indicates "76 of one thousand." If they'd meant 76/100, they would have used 0/0 and not 0/00. (...) We can play the Pirate Game, winner takes all... ;) all best (...) (20 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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