There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
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fred rosenberger wrote:On TV this morning, i heard an add that said something like "save up to 30%..." When I thought about this, i realized this means nothing. or rather, it means that NO MATTER WHAT, i won't save MORE than 30%, but I could save less. Heck, it might cost me MORE.
Jesper Young wrote:I recently saw the following on a website:
"200% guarantee that you will pass the SCJP exam"
I wonder what that means exactly.
Bear Bibeault wrote:I was with you on the "up to 30%" dealy, but you lost me with the "100% of rain".
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:
Bear Bibeault wrote:I was with you on the "up to 30%" dealy, but you lost me with the "100% of rain".
What they said what "it's 52 degrees with a 100% chance of rain". There was no "100% chance of rain TODAY" or "...in the next 4 hours". So if an ANY point in the future, some time over the next 100,000 years it rains, they are correct.
I think that's rather obvious that some day it will rain.
Even if they did mean "in the next 24 hours", is there really NO POSSIBLE way for it to not rain? A solar flare could burn off the earth's atmosphere. A meteor could destroy the world. The LHC could create a black hole that sucks the earth into nothingness. In any of those three cases, it would not rain tomorrow, and each is possible (although unlikely).
It's the aboslute I don't like
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
fred rosenberger wrote:Even if they did mean "in the next 24 hours", is there really NO POSSIBLE way for it to not rain? A solar flare could burn off the earth's atmosphere. A meteor could destroy the world. The LHC could create a black hole that sucks the earth into nothingness. In any of those three cases, it would not rain tomorrow, and each is possible (although unlikely).
Maneesh Godbole wrote:* conditions apply
This really pisses me off...especially when the conditions are impossible or hard to find.
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Bear Bibeault wrote:The chances of global devastation are so small that it's moot. If we always had to account for the chance of being bitten by rabid squirrels, or the sky turning pink and the Earth starting to rotate in the opposite direction, we'd never be able to say anything with a reasonable level of certainty without disclaimers. I have no issue with "100% change of rain" without having to follow it with hours of disclaimers about stuff that is unlikely to happen.
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
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