Re: Statistics for comp.databases.informix
Mark D. Stock asked why the comp.databases.informix posting statistics lacked August and September. John Carlson and Andrew Hamm replied jokingly (sunspots, nothing interesting posted). Light-hearted exchange with no technical content.
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Dr. Pablo wrote: > Following is a summary of articles spanning a 31 day period, > beginning at 30 Sep 2003 23:23:12 GMT and ending at > 31 Oct 2003 20:40:56 GMT. Mmm, interesting. So what happened to Aug & Sep? Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list
On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 16:43:46 +0000, "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydassolutions.com> wrote: > >Dr. Pablo wrote: > >> Following is a summary of articles spanning a 31 day period, >> beginning at 30 Sep 2003 23:23:12 GMT and ending at >> 31 Oct 2003 20:40:56 GMT. > >Mmm, interesting. So what happened to Aug & Sep? > Sunspots.
Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Mmm, interesting. So what happened to Aug & Sep? Maybe nobody said anything interesting or relevant those months? Might have caused a divide by zero error in the stats...
On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:30:27 +1100, "Andrew Hamm" <ahamm@mail.com> wrote: >Mark D. Stock wrote: >> >> Mmm, interesting. So what happened to Aug & Sep? > >Maybe nobody said anything interesting or relevant those months? Might have >caused a divide by zero error in the stats... > Should be coded to handle that possibility...<G>