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Please explain

Please explain

Posted Jun 8, 2005 23:17 UTC (Wed) by jcm (subscriber, #18262)
In reply to: Please explain by bojan
Parent article: Yellow Dog Linux sticks with PowerPC

> YDL notwithstanding, how is Apple going to explain this to their
> customers:

> http://www.apple.com/imac/processor.html
> http://www.apple.com/powermac/performance/

Lots of handwaving and gesturing.

> Have they been telling fibs before or after the switch to Intel?

That's the wonderful thing about statistics, they're 99% guaranteed to say whatever you want them to say[0].

Jon.

[0] According to a specially selected survey of respondants, drawn from a pool of 1 potential candidates! Not a guarantee. Statistics may go down as well us up, your home my be at risk if you fail to keep up repayments on a mortgage or other loan secured upon it. 99% of statisticians can't be wrong. If you're still reading this, please consult a doctor.


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