Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/12/12 6:02 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> Does nobody understand basic statistics?

I don't see evidence they don't.

> First of all, 1-2% is a *hell* of a *LOT* of people. Don't be fooled by the
> seemingly small number: It's a percentage and it's out of a *very* large
> population. So 1-2% is still *huge*.

This is a truism. Yeah, 1% is huge but the rest is 99 times huger. It's 
a reasonable business decision to forgo 1-2% reach (and therefore 
potential profit) if the cost of that reach is larger than the projected 
increase in the profit.


Andrei