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From: dlow@ppg01.sc.hp.com (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: List of recommended hardware components
Date: 21 Feb 1995 22:05:27 GMT
Organization: HP LOVECRAFT DIVISION
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David Fox (fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
: Jeez, could we discuss global warming or something now? How can
: people expect to obtain meaningful statistical information about a
: brand from personal experience with a few drives?
At the rate people are presenting their personal experiences, we
may soon have a statistically valid sample size. After all,
that is what a survey is, a sampling of individual experiences.
Surveys are a valid method of gathering statistical information.
Danny Low
"Question Authority and the Authorities will question You"
Valley of Hearts Delight, Silicon Valley
HP NSD dlow@ppg01.sc.hp.com