[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
On 21/04/13 18:17, Mark Evans wrote:
The problem really is the modern paradigm that computing can be made easy which is a complete load of upper case numbers! I do think economics is a special case though - even if the spreadsheet was correct programmatically the chances of the input data or the logic in it were of any use is another matter.-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21/04/13 12:39, Henry Bremridge wrote:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22213219 In short if you do not know what the program does then how can you make a valid conclusionIn this case the "program" would appear to be the spreadsheet. More an issue of what's "data" and what's "code"... Putting the same spreadsheet into Apache OpenOffice, LibreOffice, Gumeric, KSpread, even a different version of MS Excel might well produce the same results. A better way to put things would be publishing the "results" (and "conclusions") without publishing the "method". Whilst the BBC points the finger at "Microsoft Excel", in this context it is more of a "programming language implimentation". Which would appear, in this case, to be not be at fault. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlF0Hy4ACgkQsoRLMhsZpFcjeQCfQBkraLz1mhEo1eCXNRwGkDQt e2EAnirKUW6uWhVa0sWFF2jlqHqK1p8x =KU8A -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq