stirring the pot local B&M vs big internet

dunng · 03-06-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ahc4353

OK, I need a link to a translator.

Maybe I need a new translator...

"wisdom of man can only to emerge fully to ask very display of this facing"

DPD6030 · 03-06-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by dunng

Maybe I need a new translator...

"wisdom of man can only to emerge fully to ask very display of this facing"

Or an interperator

SeanGAR · 03-06-2009, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by dunng

Maybe I need a new translator...

"wisdom of man can only to emerge fully to ask very display of this facing"

The actual translation is:

"knock it off, dumbass, before I ban you".

Oh, and before anybody else takes offense, he was speaking to me.

03-06-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

The actual translation is:

"knock it off, dumbass, before I ban you".

Oh, and before anybody else takes offense, he was speaking to me.

But what does yours translate to for those of us who are clueless?

Stick · 03-06-2009, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by ahc4353

But what does yours translate to for those of us who are clueless?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

03-06-2009, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

The actual translation is:

"knock it off, dumbass, before I ban you".

I just knew I remembered that from somewhere! PNOON sends me that all the time in PM!

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Originally Posted by Stick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

Thank you David.

SeanGAR · 03-06-2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Stick

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor

Or as I like to say, keep the explanation simple.

I remember a student who was having trouble with the HPLC, an instrument we were using to measure vitamin A.

He gave a long and convoluted explanation of what he thought was happening. I asked if he checked to see if the light bulb was burned out. He hadn't. It was. Simplest explanation wins again.

03-06-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

Or as I like to say, keep the explanation simple.

I remember a student who was having trouble with the HPLC, an instrument we were using to measure vitamin A.

He gave a long and convoluted explanation of what he thought was happening. I asked if he checked to see if the light bulb was burned out. He hadn't. It was. Simplest explanation wins again.

Please excuse me for being thick, but what did you mean?

03-06-2009, 12:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Legend

Please excuse me for being thick......

You're excused.

SeanGAR · 03-06-2009, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Legend

Please excuse me for being thick, but what did you mean?

Look for the simplest explanation in things.

In this case, what is the simplest explanation for the observation that cigars purchased in a B&M taste better than ones bought online.

1. Age of cigars.
2. Selection by the manufacturer giving better smokes to the B&M.
3. Other.

I think you would agree that age is a simpler explanation than anything else, as there is no active involvement of anybody in the difference.

Of course, the simplest explanation is not always the right one, but looking at problems this way is often helpful.

03-06-2009, 12:09 PM

Occam's razor is one of my favorite principles and I often use it in business to simplify complex transactions, in truth it is also the same principle I used to decide to stop working.

landhoney · 03-06-2009, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by SeanGAR

he was speaking to me.

Like the Fawlty Towers bit, "he has looking at you but talking to me"

03-06-2009, 12:09 PM	#11
SilverFox Guest Posts: n/a	Re: stirring the pot local B&M vs big internet Occam's razor is one of my favorite principles and I often use it in business to simplify complex transactions, in truth it is also the same principle I used to decide to stop working.