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>> The bell curve situation fits all processors, or anything else we >> could > > The bell curve fits random distributions constrained by one > constraint > with equal 'resistance' for all points. When this is not true then > it is > not a bell curve. ie 'normal' or 'Gaussian' distribution. Much doesn't work that way, but much does. (eg a need to calculate death-by-horse-kick distribution when horses were a major transportation engine led to the formulation of the (eponymous) Poisson distribution). RM

Russell, On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:15:46 +1300, Russell McMahon wrote: Bell-curve... > ie 'normal' or 'Gaussian' distribution. > Much doesn't work that way, but much does. > (eg a need to calculate death-by-horse-kick distribution when horses > were a major transportation engine led to the formulation of the > (eponymous) Poisson distribution). If I remember my Statistics A level rightly, the classic Poisson distribution is that of the chance of getting kicked to death by a horse in 5 Prussian Army Corps in a year. In other words, something that does happen, but very rarely - certainly not enough to have a graph-shape to it, like most other distributions. Cheers, Howard Winter St.Albans, England

part 1 305 bytes content-type:text/plain; (decoded 7bit) Just received my CodeWarrior CD in the post :-) Will check it out but probably stay with AVR chips for now. Roy -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: 14/01/2006 part 2 35 bytes content-type:text/plain; charset="us-ascii" (decoded 7bit)

Did you have to pay for the CD? I don't see an option to do anything but purchase, or download. On 1/18/06, Roy <spam_OUTroy.hTakeThisOuTihug.co.nz> wrote: {Quote hidden}> > Just received my CodeWarrior CD in the post :-) > > Will check it out but probably stay with AVR chips for now. > > Roy > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date: > 14/01/2006 > > > > > -

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Russell McMahon wrote: {Quote hidden}>>> The bell curve situation fits all processors, or anything else we could >> >> The bell curve fits random distributions constrained by one constraint >> with equal 'resistance' for all points. When this is not true then it is >> not a bell curve. > > ie 'normal' or 'Gaussian' distribution. Much doesn't work that way, > but much does. (eg a need to calculate death-by-horse-kick > distribution when horses were a major transportation engine led to the > formulation of the (eponymous) Poisson distribution). The bell curve only works for *one* variable and a certain (random) bias of the data points, and for a large number of points, afaik. Too many conditions for anything but an ideal situation. Peter