Well, of course you need some excuses. Being one of the accused class
you simply haven't been able to comprehend that you don't understand. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> Hmm, I don't believe that "petulant" describes my, errm, surprise at
> the authority some give "facts" on the www, or in the press.
>
> Gadgets should have instructions only to back up well-designed
> functionality. I have just bought 2 digital immersion heater timers
> to get rid of the noise that the analogue 24hr gizmos made. I have
> read the instructions and set the times, but I keep having to go back
> to the instructions because the system is so badly designed. The same
> goes for setting the time on our cooker: the functionality is just not
> intuitive. I save worrying about it on our microwave by switching it
> off at the plug when it's not in use -- saves energy as well ...
>
> That's one reason that I don't trust GM food: if engineers can't get
> electronic gadgets right, why should I trust other engineers to modify
> the genes at minimum risk?
>
> Chris
>
> On 10 Aug 2008, at 12:45, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
>> That's a bit petulant - clearly Reevoo.com are a respected academic
>> source and I'm sure that their interviewers were well trained, their
>> interview schedules free of any possibility of generating minor
>> invalidities and inaccuracies and their sample of 2000 respondents
>> was properly randomised and structured (no, not contradictory).
>> Beyond that, it has the grim ring of plausibility to it.
>> Andrew Fildes (former market research interviewer - hey, we can't all
>> put ourselves through university by more legitimate work like table
>> top dancing).
>
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