Silly Stats

A quick search revealed:
Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:

"BROKE" = 10
"NOT RESPONDING" = 3
"CRASHED" = 9
"DIED" = 2
"CLOSES" = 5
"PROBLEMS" = 87
"CLOSED" = 7
"SUX" = 4
"SUCKS" = 3
"REBOOTED" = 9
"CORRUPT" = 11
"DELETED" = 18
"GONE" - 27
etc...
Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...

"DefecTalisman" <> wrote in news:
#:

> A quick search revealed:
> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>
> "BROKE" = 10
> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
> "CRASHED" = 9
> "DIED" = 2
> "CLOSES" = 5
> "PROBLEMS" = 87
> "CLOSED" = 7
> "SUX" = 4
> "SUCKS" = 3
> "REBOOTED" = 9
> "CORRUPT" = 11
> "DELETED" = 18
> "GONE" - 27
> etc...
> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...
>


Go masturbate dude you need to relax.

"DefecTalisman" <> wrote in news:
#:

> A quick search revealed:
> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>
> "BROKE" = 10
> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
> "CRASHED" = 9
> "DIED" = 2
> "CLOSES" = 5
> "PROBLEMS" = 87
> "CLOSED" = 7
> "SUX" = 4
> "SUCKS" = 3
> "REBOOTED" = 9
> "CORRUPT" = 11
> "DELETED" = 18
> "GONE" - 27
> etc...
> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...
>


Go masturbate dude you need to relax.

Sorry just having a bad Monday man.
Near nervous breakdown and vista is only egging me on.


"Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
news:Xns995A390BF7ECFdcoxgmailcom@69.28.186.121...
> "DefecTalisman" <> wrote in news:
> #:
>
>> A quick search revealed:
>> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>>
>> "BROKE" = 10
>> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
>> "CRASHED" = 9
>> "DIED" = 2
>> "CLOSES" = 5
>> "PROBLEMS" = 87
>> "CLOSED" = 7
>> "SUX" = 4
>> "SUCKS" = 3
>> "REBOOTED" = 9
>> "CORRUPT" = 11
>> "DELETED" = 18
>> "GONE" - 27
>> etc...
>> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...
>>
>
>
> Go masturbate dude you need to relax.

You don't have statistics, you have a collection of data.

Without context, totaly meaningless.


"DefecTalisman" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>A quick search revealed:
> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>
> "BROKE" = 10
> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
> "CRASHED" = 9
> "DIED" = 2
> "CLOSES" = 5
> "PROBLEMS" = 87
> "CLOSED" = 7
> "SUX" = 4
> "SUCKS" = 3
> "REBOOTED" = 9
> "CORRUPT" = 11
> "DELETED" = 18
> "GONE" - 27
> etc...
> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...

Now that's funny. Go masturbate from a guy name "COX". Maybe you should
take him to one of your "Sex Without Partners" encounter group meetings!


"Dave Cox" <> wrote in message
news:Xns995A390BF7ECFdcoxgmailcom@69.28.186.121...
> "DefecTalisman" <> wrote in news:
> #:
>
>> A quick search revealed:
>> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>>
>> "BROKE" = 10
>> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
>> "CRASHED" = 9
>> "DIED" = 2
>> "CLOSES" = 5
>> "PROBLEMS" = 87
>> "CLOSED" = 7
>> "SUX" = 4
>> "SUCKS" = 3
>> "REBOOTED" = 9
>> "CORRUPT" = 11
>> "DELETED" = 18
>> "GONE" - 27
>> etc...
>> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...
>>
>
>
> Go masturbate dude you need to relax.

Ok then Val, turn my "data" in to "stats".

Bill, how would you know such groups exist?

"DefecTalisman" <> wrote in message
news:%...
>A quick search revealed:
> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>
> "BROKE" = 10
> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
> "CRASHED" = 9
> "DIED" = 2
> "CLOSES" = 5
> "PROBLEMS" = 87
> "CLOSED" = 7
> "SUX" = 4
> "SUCKS" = 3
> "REBOOTED" = 9
> "CORRUPT" = 11
> "DELETED" = 18
> "GONE" - 27
> etc...
> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...

Since this is a forum where people generally come to get help with a
problem, you would expect just about every thread to start with a message
containing one or more of your terms. Since the terms are not associated
with any particular category of problem (video, specific programs, Vista
version, hardware platforms), there is nothing you will really be able to
derive from this, other than what people's favorite word is to describe
their quandry.

A valid study of Vista and probelem reports would be quite an undertaking.
It might be interesting.

Interview a large sampling of people using Vista. Data to collect:
Version of Vista
Factory installed, Certified Upgrade, Self done upgrade, Clean
install.......
Hardware (CPU, RAM, Video.....)
Major installed software used
How long used, how much per day
Problems experienced - type, severity, ease of remedy

If Vista has been sold or installed on millions(?) of PCs already, you
probably need to interview several thousand to get good datapoints that will
be relevant to the various combinations possible. I could ask my stats
professor boss for a better estimate, but you could get started today and
I'll get back to you.

Val


"DefecTalisman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Ok then Val, turn my "data" in to "stats".
>
> Bill, how would you know such groups exist?
>
> "DefecTalisman" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>>A quick search revealed:
>> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>>
>> "BROKE" = 10
>> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
>> "CRASHED" = 9
>> "DIED" = 2
>> "CLOSES" = 5
>> "PROBLEMS" = 87
>> "CLOSED" = 7
>> "SUX" = 4
>> "SUCKS" = 3
>> "REBOOTED" = 9
>> "CORRUPT" = 11
>> "DELETED" = 18
>> "GONE" - 27
>> etc...
>> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...
>

Try adding User Dumbness as well.

That will knock hell out of your figures!

"DefecTalisman" wrote:

> A quick search revealed:
> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>
> "BROKE" = 10
> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
> "CRASHED" = 9
> "DIED" = 2
> "CLOSES" = 5
> "PROBLEMS" = 87
> "CLOSED" = 7
> "SUX" = 4
> "SUCKS" = 3
> "REBOOTED" = 9
> "CORRUPT" = 11
> "DELETED" = 18
> "GONE" - 27
> etc...
> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...
>

DefecTalisman wrote:
> A quick search revealed:
> Times *** appeared in this newsgroup:
>
> "BROKE" = 10
> "NOT RESPONDING" = 3
> "CRASHED" = 9
> "DIED" = 2
> "CLOSES" = 5
> "PROBLEMS" = 87
> "CLOSED" = 7
> "SUX" = 4
> "SUCKS" = 3
> "REBOOTED" = 9
> "CORRUPT" = 11
> "DELETED" = 18
> "GONE" - 27
> etc...
> Noting that not all these are in context to a disaster...


Considering the millions of installations, those numbers are
statistically insignificant. (Although I'm sure that the very few folks
who have experienced problems don't feel that way.)


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