From: dadiOH on
Bear Bottoms wrote:
> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
> news:hmedvf02kib(a)news3.newsguy.com:
>
>> From: "Bear Bottoms" <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com>
>>
>>>>> The dissertation is being conducted under the auspices of the
>>>>> University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
>>
>>>> I suggest anybody doing this deliberately falsify all data to skew
>>>> the research and phuck his data for spamming Usenet.
>>
>>
>>> I disagree. His survey is benign and genuine.
>>
>> Doesn't matter now anyway.
>> Once I added that statement the correctness of the data is in doubt
>> and so are any conclusions that can be drawn from them :-)
>>
>>
>
> You should be proud of yourself. He intended no harm. The spam
> argument is not applicable, disingenuous, and mean.

For once, I agree with you.

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From: HeyBub on
Bear Bottoms wrote:
> "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in
> news:hme3kj02e7q(a)news3.newsguy.com:
>
>> From: "schmed12" <schmed12(a)yahoo.com>
>>
>>> The dissertation is being conducted under the auspices of the
>>> University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
>>
>> I suggest anybody doing this deliberately falsify all data to skew
>> the research and phuck his data for spamming Usenet.
>>
>
> I disagree. His survey is benign and genuine.

No it's not.

ANY survey where the participants self-select is specious. He is evidently
majoring in cello or metal sculpting.


From: Caesar Romano on
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:02:56 -0600, "HeyBub" <heybub(a)NOSPAMgmail.com>
wrote Re Re: PhD Student needs survey completed to finish my research:

>> I disagree. His survey is benign and genuine.
>
>No it's not.
>
>ANY survey where the participants self-select is specious.

Unless it is intended to be a survey of a self-selected population.
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From: ftr on
On 28/02/2010 20:00, David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Bear Bottoms"<bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com>
>
> | You should be proud of yourself. He intended no harm. The spam argument
> | is not applicable, disingenuous, and mean. However, I'm sure he is smart
> | enough to filter out any garbage you might have generated.
>
> No different from any other so-called survey or telemarketing gimmick.
> It certainly wasn't On Topic nor solicited content and there isn't any way to ferret the
> data for correctness.
>
> If he was truly smart he wouldn't have spammed that message as well as he'd know that the
> data collection process is flawed.
>

He did not spam at all but politely invited us for help to finish his
thesis.

This is an enterprise that everyone on the list should support.
From: LouB on
ftr wrote:
> On 28/02/2010 20:00, David H. Lipman wrote:
>> From: "Bear Bottoms"<bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com>
>>
>> | You should be proud of yourself. He intended no harm. The spam argument
>> | is not applicable, disingenuous, and mean. However, I'm sure he is
>> smart
>> | enough to filter out any garbage you might have generated.
>>
>> No different from any other so-called survey or telemarketing gimmick.
>> It certainly wasn't On Topic nor solicited content and there isn't any
>> way to ferret the
>> data for correctness.
>>
>> If he was truly smart he wouldn't have spammed that message as well as
>> he'd know that the
>> data collection process is flawed.
>>
>
> He did not spam at all but politely invited us for help to finish his
> thesis.
>
> This is an enterprise that everyone on the list should support.

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