12-23-2009, 12:35 PM | #31 |
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Sorry, I had to put that in. My son came up with that one day and had me rolling on the floor. Yes, he is eighteen, but has a strange sense of humor. (That is also him playing Teddy in "Arsenic and Old Lace" last year in my avatar)
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12-23-2009, 12:36 PM | #32 |
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Forgive my ignorance, but how can you have over 100%?
100% is all,everyone or everything!! |
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12-23-2009, 12:37 PM | #33 | |
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And remember; "98% of all statistics are made up." Last edited by slayda; 12-23-2009 at 12:40 PM. |
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12-23-2009, 12:43 PM | #34 | |
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So... if the average person has a 10% chance of having used wifi in the last month, ebook-reader owners have a 29.9% chance of having used wifi in the last month. If the average person has a 20% chance of using wifi in the last month, ebook-device owners have a 59.8% chance of having used it. Not knowing the baseline for each makes this propaganda, not news. |
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12-23-2009, 01:17 PM | #35 | |
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I also think at one point High School was the equivalent of what a college degree is today. College does not necessarily equal intellegence because really college is easy, you just have to do the work and show up for class. Oh and you have to have money. |
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12-23-2009, 01:48 PM | #36 | |
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Anyway, for the record, I only fit into one of the e-book reader categories, maybe two, I'm not sure what they mean by HEAVY internet use. Last edited by Latinandgreek; 12-23-2009 at 01:51 PM. |
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12-23-2009, 01:49 PM | #37 | |
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A better survey would be to compare ebook readers with the average reader. (First, define 'reader'.) |
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12-23-2009, 01:57 PM | #38 |
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Ah, the joys of sloppy statistics!
I had an interesting discussion (that turned to argument that turned to shouting) about how trustworthy statistics are - even the best of them, but I don't care to repeat it. Such surveys are fun to read and contradict though, I give them that! |
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