Comments on: Math and Stats

By: Sheryl Nantus

Sheryl Nantus — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 14:59:04 +0000

wow… I also married an engineer.

there must be some sort of maochistic urge that overtakes writers.

of course, there’s a slew of them in my family anyway – and they still can’t fix the leaky sink!

🙂

By: Lean Left

Lean Left — Wed, 22 Dec 2004 01:08:21 +0000

The Explanation?
If this is accurate and universal, it would explain a lot: I majored in Journalism. You want to know the…

By: Bill Peschel\

Bill Peschel\ — Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:36:14 +0000

Whoo! Another poly sci major who turned to journalism. I thought I was the only one who didn’t want to conduct a poll (which was the purpose of the statistics class you had to take before you could get your degree).

The only thing i didn’t do was marry an engineer. Instead, I married a naval officer, and yes, she does the math.

Anyway, I never pay attention to the Amazon rankings unless it’s pointed out to me. Considering that buying five copies of a book should send it skyrocketing, what dif does it make if it’s 5,263 or 12,589?

BTW, Jill, you do all this work for the site, but I don’t see any links to your romance novels? Can’t you at least get some publicity out of this site?

By: Susan Gable

Susan Gable — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:42:27 +0000

ROTFLOL – Yes, you’ve hit on the head – to drive us nutzo. Oh, and just FYI, they call it “trading” now, instead of carrying/borrowing. Trading, because it works both ways.

Your husband really uses pi everyday? Wow. I’m impressed. (G)