[ntp:questions] Dispaying nanoseconds
Richard B. gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Mon Feb 19 14:09:54 UTC 2007
mills at udel.edu wrote:
> Richard,
<snip>
>
> I once read a book "How to Lie with Statistics". We have a case in
> point. Remember, the bits below the precision factor are purposely set
> to a tandom bitsting, so a readout in nanoseconds is truly misleading,
> unless the precision (time to read the system clock) is less than one
> microsecond.
>
My favorite statistical lie is the shocking, but absolutely true,
statistic that more than forty percent of the population have subnormal
intelligence!
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