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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!cyclone01.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe02.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: The motoring lobby Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:40:11 +0000 References:  <0de6c352-9693-429f-8b3f-d258b97aac90@c11g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> <00ias49cgbr7lqao30rjgiq3gpnfa3p0d3@4ax.com>     Lines: 28 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To:  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 86.12.82.202 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe02.ams2 1237750857 86.12.82.202 (Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:40:57 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:40:57 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2498 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:690701

Roger Thorpe wrote: > Ian Smith wrote: >> On Sun, 22 Mar, Roger Thorpe  wrote: >>> _ wrote: >>> >>>> Half of road users are worse than average drivers. >>> Not necessarily. Please learn something about statistics. >>> what is the average of these numbers and how many are lower than the >>> average? >>> 3, 3, 4, 4, 11. >> >> You presumably have some evidence for believing that driver ability is >> a significantly asymmetrical distribution? >> >> regards, Ian SMith > > No, but I don't need to, because I wrote that it was not *necessarily* so. > Can you prove that it is perfectly symmetrical. > > Or shall I save us both time by admitting that I jumped onto a common > error by "_" that I would normally ignore in others because I find > myself irritated by the nasty, bullying little tit. > I dont think its so much "a common error" as "a common saying" - I reckon most who've used it are aware that its in most cases not correct. Still, I'm sure it made you feel superior for a moment or so. Oh, by the way, I find many of your views nasty and offensive too. Does that make you a tit?