From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750910AbWGZUuX (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:50:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750914AbWGZUuX (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:50:23 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:63238 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750896AbWGZUuX (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Jul 2006 16:50:23 -0400 Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:50:22 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: andrea@cpushare.com Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" , Hans Reiser , Nikita Danilov , Rene Rebe , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: the " 'official' point of view" expressed by kernelnewbies.org regarding reiser4 inclusion Message-ID: <20060726205022.GI23701@stusta.de> References: <20060725123558.GA32243@opteron.random> <44C65931.6030207@namesys.com> <20060726124557.GB23701@stusta.de> <20060726132957.GH32243@opteron.random> <20060726134326.GD23701@stusta.de> <20060726142854.GM32243@opteron.random> <20060726145019.GF23701@stusta.de> <20060726160604.GO32243@opteron.random> <20060726170236.GD31172@fieldses.org> <20060726172029.GS32243@opteron.random> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060726172029.GS32243@opteron.random> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 07:20:29PM +0200, andrea@cpushare.com wrote: > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:02:36PM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote: >... > > For exactly the same quality of sampling, yes, the larger the better, > > but the point of diminishing returns comes pretty quickly. So given > > limited resources it's probably more important to work on the quality of > > the sample rather than on its size.... > > No matter how you see it, the larger the better (in the worst case it > won't make a difference). Certainly if I could work on the quality, > that would be more important than adding 1 more user. But I can't work > on the quality. But depending on the nature of the error, the worst case might be the common case (as I've already explained in another email). If you can't ensure the quality of your data, please don't use this data to wrongly draw any conclusions from them [1]. cu Adrian [1] the conclusion itself might or might not be true e.g. there _could_ be an 1:5 ratio between reiser4 and ext3 users but your data is not in any way able to support or reject this statement -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed