Archive for October 21st, 2006

and speaking of population statistics

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

last week saw the 300 millionth American. I happened to be online about that time and saw the U.S. census office’s population clock hit 3×10^8:

I don’t have too much to say about hitting 300 million people.  It seems like something of a mixed blessing.  On the one hand, population growth helps increase the level [...]

170 too many

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Statistically speaking, there are apparently 171 people with my name:

HowManyOfMe.com

There are:
171
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your name?

That sounds like 170 too many to me. On the other hand, K statistically doesn’t seem to exist. Once again demonstrating the problem with statistics:

HowManyOfMe.com

There are:
0
people with my name
in the U.S.A.

How many have your [...]