A blunt knife is useless and so is Greg, therefore Greg is a blunt knife
As my statistics professor used to say:
No idea if this was his own invention or not. Probably not.
Anyway, Bruce Schneier's found another pearl. Apparently, you can't get a high security clearance in the Israeli army if you're into D&D. Sigh. I think everyone will agree that this is a bit stupid. I'm sure my statistics professor could drum a statistically significant correlation to this in a few seconds.
The problem is that the number of reasons that this is wrong is as long as my arm, but anyone with half a brain could come up with counter arguments too. I thought the Israelis were pretty smart - and maybe they are.
However, although there may be no direct correlation between these two things, maybe it's as good a measure as you need. And that's a little scary.
PS. Greg is a guy I went to school with years ago who one day got compared to a blunt knife. And the rest is history.
There's lies, damned lies and statistics.
No idea if this was his own invention or not. Probably not.
Anyway, Bruce Schneier's found another pearl. Apparently, you can't get a high security clearance in the Israeli army if you're into D&D. Sigh. I think everyone will agree that this is a bit stupid. I'm sure my statistics professor could drum a statistically significant correlation to this in a few seconds.
The problem is that the number of reasons that this is wrong is as long as my arm, but anyone with half a brain could come up with counter arguments too. I thought the Israelis were pretty smart - and maybe they are.
However, although there may be no direct correlation between these two things, maybe it's as good a measure as you need. And that's a little scary.
PS. Greg is a guy I went to school with years ago who one day got compared to a blunt knife. And the rest is history.
posted by Rhys Gibson at
10:43 am
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It sure seems to me that Bruce's pearl is not quite genuine - well rather as genuine as one of the 'supermarket tabloids' the US public loves.
To evaluate the IDF based on this source is hardly valid - although seemingly good sport.
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Stuart Berman, at 8:01 pm
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