[Info-vax] RIP: Dennis Ritchie (UNIX / C)

[George Cornelius]

In article <Na-dneffSM910j7TnZ2dnUVZ_gadnZ2d at giganews.com>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
> On 10/22/2011 1:57 PM, Wilm Boerhout wrote:
>> Richard B. Gilbert mentioned on 22-10-2011 18:38:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> How about because more than forty percent of the population has
>>> subnormal intelligence?
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> BTW, that applies to any population, even a hyperintelligent one.
>> Hilarious!

Well, kind of.  If you have a well behaved distribution, as IQ
curves tend to be.

But suppose there are 100 of us, and we all start out with an IQ
of 107.  Then JF watches a Britney Spears video, and loses an
entire IQ point because of it.  All of us but JF will have above
average IQ's. And he will be 9+ sigma's below us!

Sorry, couldn't resist. On either count: pointing out a statistical
error or mentioning JF in a post.

George
 
> My favorite statistic.  Glad you enjoyed it.