How Well Do You Estimate? 374
A random UK blogger has published a quiz asking readers to estimate various numeric values which they may or may not have knowledge of; and has analyzed the resulting answers to determine how well people guess. The first part of the results looks at some specific questions, and the second part takes a look at the quiz overall.
I estimate that... (Score:3, Funny)
good point (Score:5, Funny)
With 44.7% accuracy!
more or less.
Mirrors (Score:5, Funny)
how well do you resist to a slashdotting ? (Score:3, Funny)
about 1 minute and 10 requests...
who the hell is Tony Benn by the way ?
I estimate (Score:3, Funny)
Uh-oh (Score:5, Funny)
Looks like we've got an ex-webserver on our hands.
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"It's not dead, it's IIS!"
I haven't read the article, but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I estimate that... (Score:5, Funny)
Why can't girls measure distances?
(Holding up a pinkie)
Because they've been told that THIS is 6 inches all their life.
AC
I estimate.... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm pretty good (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I estimate (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I estimate (Score:1, Funny)
And the result is: (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well as a subscriber to slashdot (Score:1, Funny)
I estimate the blogger will have a larger (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Uh-oh (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I estimate (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I estimate (Score:2, Funny)
not offtopic (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I estimate that... (Score:5, Funny)
Does that imply that you are mean spirited?
Re:Estimating Anecdote (Score:5, Funny)
1. The sport of choice for unemployed or incarcerated people is: basketball.
2. The sport of choice for maintenance level employees is: bowling.
3. The sport of choice for blue-collar workers is: football.
4. The sport of choice for supervisors is: baseball.
5. The sport of choice for middle management is: tennis.
6. The sport of choice for corporate officers is: golf.
Conclusion: The higher you rise in the corporate structure, the smaller your balls become.
Re:Time and Miles (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Estimating Anecdote (Score:2, Funny)
Light From the Sun (Score:5, Funny)
I guess it depends on if the chute opens or not [slashdot.org]
Re:Mythical Man Month (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Estimation vs Prediction (Score:3, Funny)
On second thoughts, I really don't want to know.
I estimate pretty well... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Estimating distances.. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Estimating Anecdote (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I estimate that... (Score:4, Funny)
Q: Why are men so much better at reading maps?
A: Because only the male mind is comfortable with the concept "one inch equals one mile".
Amusing anecdote (Score:5, Funny)
So she pointed a car parked nearby and asked one of the students how far he thought the car was. His reply, "50 gallons."
Incredulous, she said that his answer didn't make sense.
"But that's the great thing about estimation! It doesn't have to be right!"
Probably (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Mythical Man Month (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I estimate that... (Score:5, Funny)
No offense, but this is the worst In Soviet Russia joke ever.
Re:I estimate that... (Score:3, Funny)
I know a fellow who was quite amused on a trip to Africa to see a politically correct American (to whom the terms black and Negro were anathema) struggle to talk about the people there: "These African-Americans . . . uh, African-American Africans . . . uh, African-Africans . . . uh . . ."