From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <5d375e920803052140k293523fbl57f833973b1b498b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:40:45 +0100 From: Uriel To: weigelt@metux.de, "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] thoughs about venti+fossil In-Reply-To: <20080306040441.GA18329@nibiru.local> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080305055255.GA4575@nibiru.local> <7f575fa27b41329b9ae24f40e6e5a3cd@plan9.bell-labs.com> <20080306040441.GA18329@nibiru.local> Cc: Topicbox-Message-UUID: 70276d60-ead3-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > So we've seen again: statistics are *never* reliable. It only helps > for vague decisions on very large masses, never for a single case. There is a possibility that a meteorite will crush your head any moment, there are some statistics about how probable this, but as you say, they are not reliable, so best go live in a very deep cave, just make sure there is no Internet access, the world will be grateful for it. uriel