Re: The Cidr Report

[Patrick W Gilmore <patrick () ianai net>]

On Dec 13, 2004, at 6:39 AM, Michael.Dillon () radianz com wrote:

> > - this month, another knee was at 150k [Dec 4th] and similarly
> >   garbled results came out. Again, no response.
> > ...in this one year we've seen the shape of the climb return to the
> > curve characterized by two years 99-01. Going for e?  I'm not quite
> > sure what the current point of the report is if no-one responds to
> > even it breaking.
>
> Knee? Shape? Curve? Are you reading the same CIDR report
> that I see here every Friday? The report that I see is
> basically a dump of raw data. Perhaps the author needs
> to remember the distinction between data and information
> and make the CIDR report into something that people
> *WANT* to read. This posting of yours contained far more
> information than any CIDR report.

The author is providing a service by giving us raw data.  If that is 
all they want to do, we cannot (and should not) force them to do more.  
Besides, I like raw data. :-)

Also, as for the "knee" Joe mentioned, I think he is talking about the 
fact the report went wonky.  Look at the data presented in the last 
CIDR report - it is nonsense, obviously in error.  This is not the 
"shape" of the "curve", it is the data itself.

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TTFN,
patrick