Michelle Steiner

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Poll: Who made your smartphone?

• 27.4% - Apple
• 7.9% - LG
• 14.5% - Samsung
• 6.3% - RIM
• 20% - Motorola
• 23.9% - Someone else

1170 votes

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Your Name

In article <michelle-2DFC36.08341528102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4690460
>
> Poll: Who made your smartphone?
>
> 27.4% - Apple
> 7.9% - LG
> 14.5% - Samsung
> 6.3% - RIM
> 20% - Motorola
> 23.9% - Someone else
>
> 1170 votes


Wow! A whole 1170 replies ... out of how many millions of smartphone
users worldwide?? Completely meaningless nonsese as usual with silly
"polls". :-\

Michelle Steiner

In article <yourname-2910111044520001@203-118-184-247.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:

> > http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4690460
> >
> > Poll: Who made your smartphone?
> >
> > 27.4% - Apple
> > 7.9% - LG
> > 14.5% - Samsung
> > 6.3% - RIM
> > 20% - Motorola
> > 23.9% - Someone else
> >
> > 1170 votes
>
>
> Wow! A whole 1170 replies ... out of how many millions of smartphone
> users worldwide?? Completely meaningless nonsese as usual with silly
> "polls". :-\

You don't understand statistics, do you?

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Your Name

In article <michelle-0B8B3F.15301828102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <yourname-2910111044520001@203-118-184-247.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:
>
> > > http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4690460
> > >
> > > Poll: Who made your smartphone?
> > >
> > > 27.4% - Apple
> > > 7.9% - LG
> > > 14.5% - Samsung
> > > 6.3% - RIM
> > > 20% - Motorola
> > > 23.9% - Someone else
> > >
> > > 1170 votes
> >
> > Wow! A whole 1170 replies ... out of how many millions of smartphone
> > users worldwide?? Completely meaningless nonsese as usual with silly
> > "polls". :-\
>
> You don't understand statistics, do you?

Not this again ... I'm not even going to bother going around that tired
old circle of stupidity ... believe whatever nonsense you want to (just
like all the over gullible fools do with statistical information). :-\

Todd Allcock

At 28 Oct 2011 15:30:18 -0700 Michelle Steiner wrote:
> In article <yourname-2910111044520001@203-118-184-
247.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:
>
> > > http://www.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=4690460
> > >
> > > Poll: Who made your smartphone?
> > >
> > > 27.4% - Apple
> > > 7.9% - LG
> > > 14.5% - Samsung
> > > 6.3% - RIM
> > > 20% - Motorola
> > > 23.9% - Someone else
> > >
> > > 1170 votes
> >
> >
> > Wow! A whole 1170 replies ... out of how many millions of smartphone
> > users worldwide?? Completely meaningless nonsese as usual with silly
> > "polls". :-\
>
> You don't understand statistics, do you?
While he has proven that before, in this case he may be accidently right.
Self-selected samples aren't typically as reliable as random samples.

iPhone owners, as other statistics have shown, are more satisfied with
their device than other smartphone owners, and I'd argue are more likely
to "brag" about it in a survey like this. Also, the fragmentation of the
Android OS might hinder responses. Someone with a "Droid" on Verizon,
for example, might unwittingly select "other" because they couldn't find
"Verizon" or "Droid" on the list, unaware that their handset was, in
fact, a Motorola. (More importantly, the fact that it is a Motorola was
probably unimportant to them when purchasing it, much to Motorola's
chagrin!)

Actually the best, and perhaps most accurate (sadly), response in the
linked thread was "a faceless, nameless 13-year old in the good old ROC
for pennies a day and no benefits..."

Michelle Steiner

In article <yourname-2910111236180001@203-118-184-247.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:

> Not this again ... I'm not even going to bother going around that tired
> old circle of stupidity ... believe whatever nonsense you want to (just
> like all the over gullible fools do with statistical information). :-\

Right; I forgot that anyone who doesn't agree with you is stupid and
gullible, and what they do believe in is nonsense.

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Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

Your Name

In article <michelle-138437.17400328102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <yourname-2910111236180001@203-118-184-247.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:
>
> > Not this again ... I'm not even going to bother going around that tired
> > old circle of stupidity ... believe whatever nonsense you want to (just
> > like all the over gullible fools do with statistical information). :-\
>
> Right; I forgot that anyone who doesn't agree with you is stupid and
> gullible, and what they do believe in is nonsense.

Whatever absolute garbage you want to believe. :-\

Michelle Steiner

In article <yourname-2910111820220001@203-118-185-155.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:

> > > Not this again ... I'm not even going to bother going around that tired
> > > old circle of stupidity ... believe whatever nonsense you want to (just
> > > like all the over gullible fools do with statistical information). :-\
> >
> > Right; I forgot that anyone who doesn't agree with you is stupid and
> > gullible, and what they do believe in is nonsense.
>
> Whatever absolute garbage you want to believe. :-\

Thanks for proving my point.

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Tea Party Patriots is to Patriotism as
People's Democratic Republic is to Democracy.

Your Name

In article <michelle-2F247A.07441729102011@news.eternal-september.org>,
Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:

> In article <yourname-2910111820220001@203-118-185-155.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
> yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:
>
> > > > Not this again ... I'm not even going to bother going around that tired
> > > > old circle of stupidity ... believe whatever nonsense you want to (just
> > > > like all the over gullible fools do with statistical information). :-\
> > >
> > > Right; I forgot that anyone who doesn't agree with you is stupid and
> > > gullible, and what they do believe in is nonsense.
> >
> > Whatever absolute garbage you want to believe. :-\
>
> Thanks for proving my point.

Whatever absolute garbage you want to believe. :-\
Anyone who blindly believes statistics and polls / surveys / studies
issimply a gullible moron.

Michelle Steiner

In article <yourname-3010111021190001@203-118-184-84.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz>,
yourname@yourisp.com (Your Name) wrote:

> Anyone who blindly believes statistics and polls / surveys / studies
> issimply a gullible moron.

And anyone who blindly believes that all statistics/polls/survey/studies
are wrong is an idiot.

And you have repeatedly proven that you think that you're hot shit. The
fact, though, is that you're not hot. That's a fact, not a belief or
opinion.

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