pltrgyst wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 02:18:44 -0400, "Bob (this one)" > wrote:
>
>> Puhleeze. You take numbers used as generalizations to
>> illustrate the extremes of the *rounded* range as exact
>> figures. Bad form.
>
> Not "bad form" at all. They're called "boundary conditions," and that's what
> mathematicians use when they're calculating variances (maxima and minima), as
> you probably well know.

There's a difference between objective "boundary conditions"
and editing to create new ones to suit the polemic.
*Rounded* range limits to be used as though they were
*exact* figures applied to distinct data points.

Bad form.

Pastorio