Re: Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
by Preceptor (Deacon) on Sep 19, 2002 at 13:38 UTC
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71.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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It's not pessimism if there is a worse option, it's not paranoia when they are and it's not cynicism when you're right.
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85% of people didn't know that.
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Every 13.5 seconds someone in america suffers a severe head injury.
Boy, am I glad I'm not that guy!
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Re: Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
by tbone1 (Monsignor) on Sep 19, 2002 at 14:10 UTC
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And fifteen of every dozen Americans have trouble with fractions.
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tbone1
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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Actually, there are 10 types of people in the world; those that understand binary notation, and those that don't.
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So why only three kinds of mathematician? Those who can add and those who can't?
jdtoronto
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Re: Re: Test Shows 99.99% of High School Seniors Can't Read Perl
by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Sep 19, 2002 at 15:22 UTC
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Ah, yes!
But what they don't want you to know is that 100% of non-smokers will die as well! ;)
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100% of all people who eat carrots die.
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In that case, I shall make sure not to eat any carrots. Then I should have a -100% chance of dying. :)
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