Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Kyle (Do you have any friends name Eric, Stan, or Kenny? ) Right you are! This place is Ground Zero for the unusual, fast becoming Weirdo-Central. Personally, I am glad to contribute! From a sociological standpoint I would ponder this. Is the world REALLY inhabited by so many strange people with such a common thread of eccentricity, or is the sample skewed in our eyes because it is the eccentric who gravitate toward the internet? Sort of wondering about the old question of correlation. We had a question one time about the fallacy of assuming causality when looking at correlations. For example, the inseam length of ones' trousers correlate quite closely to ones height. To assume that longer trousers might make you taller, therefore, is a fallacy of causality. So the question is- what is the cause of the Lug being a funny bunch? Is it because of the high correlation of Leica ownership? The use of computers? Hey! I see a potential thesis subject here!!! Dan (If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, dry cleaners depressed, and Leica users exposed?) Post - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyle Cassidy" <cassidy@netaxs.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 11:56 AM Subject: [Leica] what a funny bunch that LUG is! > one of the strangest and most interesting things about the web is that you > don't know who's looking at what, even the things you think are relatively > obscure, and you get the oddest sorts of messages > from people all over the place.... > > > Return-Path: <xxxxx@hotmail.com> > X-Originating-IP: [220.41.121.32] > To: cassidy@netaxs.com > Subject: What funny people the LUG are! > Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 10:47:02 -0000 > X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 May 2001 10:47:02.0687 (UTC) > FILETIME=[38B96AF0:01C0D2 > F5] > > Hi, I'm a college student in Germany and I was doing some web surfing for > information about anarchists and I found your website concerning > your trip to DC with the LUG..it made me chuckle especially the neat chart > of your political leanings in contrast to those held by the LUG; what a > fun bunch they are!! > > see ya, > > Noah > > http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/paw/2001/17/index.html > >