Arbitrary abbreviations in phobos considered ridiculous

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
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> 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.
>

You can rationalize it by hiding behind the "it's business!" veil all you 
want, but at the end of the day, you're still saying "fuck you" to millions 
of people.