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Subject: [OM] Re: you brits are pathetic...
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:03:25 -0400
Well, of course you need some excuses.  Being one of the accused class 
you simply haven't been able to comprehend that you don't understand.  :-)

Chuck Norcutt


Chris Barker wrote:
> Hmm, I don't believe that "petulant" describes my, errm, surprise at  
> the authority some give "facts" on the www, or in the press.
> 
> Gadgets should have instructions only to back up well-designed  
> functionality.  I have just bought 2 digital immersion heater timers  
> to get rid of the noise that the analogue 24hr gizmos made.  I have  
> read the instructions and set the times, but I keep having to go back  
> to the instructions because the system is so badly designed.  The same  
> goes for setting the time on our cooker: the functionality is just not  
> intuitive.  I save worrying about it on our microwave by switching it  
> off at the plug when it's not in use -- saves energy as well ...
> 
> That's one reason that I don't trust GM food: if engineers can't get  
> electronic gadgets right, why should I trust other engineers to modify  
> the genes at minimum risk?
> 
> Chris
> 
> On 10 Aug 2008, at 12:45, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> 
>> That's a bit petulant - clearly Reevoo.com are a respected academic
>> source and I'm sure that their interviewers were well trained, their
>> interview schedules free of any possibility of generating minor
>> invalidities and inaccuracies and their sample of 2000 respondents
>> was properly randomised and structured (no, not contradictory).
>> Beyond that, it has the grim ring of plausibility to it.
>> Andrew Fildes (former market research interviewer - hey, we can't all
>> put ourselves through university by more legitimate work like table
>> top dancing).
> 
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