Statistics (was Re: OT: America's Army)
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 09:24, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 08:43:13PM -0700, Leo Spalteholz wrote:
> > On June 25, 2003 11:16 am, M. Kirchhoff wrote:
> >
> > > vrms = Virtual Richard M. Stallman -- it's a package that checks the
> > > number of packages from the non-free source tree are installed on
> > > your system :)
> >
> > haha thats cool.. Well I got it from 1.9% to 0.7%.. I think thats as
> > far as I can go.. :)
>
> You can skew the result by installing more Free software on the box.
Reminds me of how Exxon is rumored to have "complied" with an EPA
regulation to reduce the amount of chemical A from X% to Y% :
add more water.
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