Re: Precise but not accurate (was Re: 760ED-Hard Drive space)

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From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Sun May 17 1998 - 20:56:35 EDT


I wrote:
>I think this was a nice
>way of describing the IBM website, though occasionally they also are not
> precise (especially when describing weights and sizes of options).

James wrote:
>
>What I was saying is that IBM can provide information which looks like
>it is correct, is not.

Yes, I understood this as your meaning, and entirely agree - I think this is
consistent with my numerical analogy. However, it is *also* the case that
IBM occasionally provides information such as "Weight: less than one pound" -
which is *not* precise, though perhaps accurate!

David A. Ross
ross_at_math.hawaii.edu
www.math.hawaii.edu/~ross


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