Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!us.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.061 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.88; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:: [': 0.03; 'sentence': 0.09; 'statistical': 0.09; 'chris,': 0.16; 'lying.': 0.16; 'subject:Line': 0.16; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.18; 'subject:] ': 0.19; 'least': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'subject: [': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'science.': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'subject:]': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:209': 0.37; 'received:209.85.216': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'your': 0.60; 'most': 0.61; 'other.': 0.64; 'analysis': 0.70; 'subject:removal': 0.84; 'mr.': 0.99 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=OTEuMod1rftRtgyk9KPtKMD4NwagdEXtNi/rM/zOqCU=; b=Q21PVCo781ghsxvnXq+BA3iG+dTRiVAuAeI65yxW2aH+YrhUg8+fyClU0PWlO2DSMd +Yfp9WVegHlxQ0/a5etS1Fzbw1NzfouGoVkMPsXWEm2un5GnijP0+WVu22Hyxg7oIs5h 2ljm3bXBYhv7s4p2clrwbKqm6BEGoZe8w5cS0oG2l75xsNxVvk4Ax11dizsqQwlk8Pq0 lRqL57rRqK5q8bAyBqDCBll8OvK1hWjkGcp7rOp5bROT3JBOI1sAjqpc5ALLsCq+g79C AlCglWAd+4bYdHqNj5kWVO54MmksqS2Z6FVJHvdboFHqMOXWUuKDBnY4kKph/7Drv9nb gRog== MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: jsf80238@gmail.com In-Reply-To: References: <50ea28e7$0$30003$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <50ea58f0$0$21851$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <50eb0cd2$0$30003$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 19:23:22 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: _SM9QvIhokUKxjrbLqwAIhcVbiI Subject: Re: [Offtopic] Line fitting [was Re: Numpy outlier removal] From: Jason Friedman To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 6 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1357698206 news.xs4all.nl 6902 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:57356 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:36465 > Statistical analysis is a huge science. So is lying. And I'm not sure > most people can pick one from the other. Chris, your sentence causes me to think of Mr. Twain's sentence, or at least the one he popularized: http://www.twainquotes.com/Statistics.html.