Numbing numbers. (Letters).In "Older Ancestors: Primate origins age in new analysis" (SN: 4/20/02, p. 243), what, other than hubris, allows the modelers to conclude that the assumptions upon which their calculations are based are more valid than those upon which the genetic and paleontological pa·le·on·tol·o·gy n. The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, as represented by the fossils of plants, animals, and other organisms. calculations are based? Letting a computer do the number manipulations doesn't change "garbage in, garbage out (humour) Garbage In, Garbage Out - (GIGO) /gi:'goh/ Wilf Hey's maxim expressing the fact that computers, unlike humans, will unquestioningly process nonsensical input data and produce nonsensical output. ." LEONARD STOLOFF, DELRAY BEACH, FLA FLA Florida (old style) FLA Macromedia Flash (file extension) FLA Flash Files (file extension) FLA Fair Labor Association FLA Front Line Assembly . |
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