Hi I'm Back-- Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

Sorry for the nonposting. Had a bad month. I intend to get back in the swing of things now that school has started, &c.

Did you hear the story yesterday about the "fact" that Howard Stern is tanking on Sirius Radio? (I'm not a Stern fan, really, but the story was everywhere)-- well, this Slashdot post debunks that story; turns out that it came from "Hits-Link," a phony internet statistical agency. Today that same agency is pushing a story about a decline in Apple OSX market share. Both stories are phony press-agent plants. Don't believe everything you read.