On Dec 9, 2007 2:01 PM, Alan Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Btw, Alan, that "math" is total and utter BULLSH*T, and you should know
> > that.
>
> To blindly argue regressions are critical is sometimes (as in this case)
> to argue that "this freeway is no longer compatible with a horse and
> cart" means the freeway should be turned back into a dirt road.
Honest question: If you allow regressions, then how does one guarantee
forward progress? (If it were a finite set of systems, all within one
group's control, then the answer is simple: count how many work.
However, in this case we only have a statistical sampling available to
us.)
Ray
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