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[Discuss] Striping is bad



On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:33:25PM -0500, markw at mohawksoft.com wrote:
> Make a choice with your $129 per item:
> 
> A device that has a sampled 50% failure rate over 2 years.
> A device that has a sampled 0% failure rate over two years.

The sample size is far too small to produce a statistically
significant result, and any conclusion you draw from it is entirely
based on an emotional response, which could only possibly be correct
by accident.

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