'Heart Of Gold'
A thread to discuss naming threads, board policy, new thread suggestions, and anything else that has to do with board administration and maintenance. Guaranteed to include lively debate and polls. Natter discouraged, but not deleted.
Current Stompy Feet: ita, Jon B, DXMachina, P.M. Marcontell, Liese S., amych
I thought we were just going to do an averag ebecasue it was simpleist. If you are thinking about means and modes, then I am going to seriously argue for a binary walk - because it can't be easily skewed.
Means and medians were really the only two MoCT mentioned in all seriousness. Mode was not to be taken seriously.
Mean would make the most sense, w/median as a sanity check.
If you are thinking about means and modes
I haven't seen anyone seriously argue for using mode. And "mean" is average, isn't it? At least the way we've been defining it.
I don’t envision calls for quick tag fixes or thread name decisions getting lost in discussions of voting matters.
I do. I want the voting stuff to be separate.
I haven't seen anyone seriously argue for using mode. And "mean" is average, isn't it? At least the way we've been defining it.
Yes. Also, Occam suggests more peeps know what average or "mean" is and how it works than binary walk. So, K.I.S.S. Just saying.
I do. I want the voting stuff to be separate.
ITA. Seeing as it's sort of happening at the moment, the thread name loss.
All Hail Occam and His Mighty Razor.
I vote mean.
X Marks the Natter Spot
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In honor of the ongoing Violent Femmes tribute we had going with Natter 8.
Natter 10 10 10 for everything everything everything everything!
Hate me for asking, but what's a Binary Walk?
It seems like there should be some bad joke I could use here along the lines of "what's a greek urn?" "about fifty drachma a week!" boom-tish, but I've just got up.
And Gar, for all I know a Binary Walk is the industry standard for doing this kind of thing, but the fact that I have to ask is the problem. I think we've learned through bitter experience that any math that needs explaining to people will raise hackles here.
Everyone will know what a mean is, and nearly everyone who uses the word "average" thinks of a mean when they say it, is my impression.
A binary walk is like a cakewalk. If you're standing on the right circle when the music stops, you win a bunch of ones and zeroes.
I never did figure out what an elephant walk is, but there's a restaurant by that name nor far from where I live.
there's a restaurant by that name nor far from where I live.
An excellent restaurant, as well as a fine composition by Henry Mancini.
I never did figure out what an elephant walk is
Well a Baby Elephant Walk is one of the most earwormy of all earworms, so thanks a whole bunch for that.
Doo, doo doo-doo dee-doo dah dah DOO-doo...