-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Andrew R. Reiter wrote: > : While that may be a possibility, there's no way to guage its > : probability. It's a bit like the slump that the music industry has > : experienced with the death of Napster. Coincidence or causality? No > : way to tell or guess. > > I thought it was shown that during the "reign" of napster, that the rate > of CD sales was actually up? It was...but again, that's either a matter of coincidence or causality. As it stands, there's no way to tell. It's like trying to make a causal link between weather and mugging. During the cold months, reported muggings are down. During the warm months, reported muggings are up. That doesn't mean the weather is responsible for armed robbery. By the same token, two phenomena within the same time frame may or may not be causally linked at all. - -Jay ( ( _______ )) )) .--"There's always time for a good cup of coffee"--. >====<--. C|~~|C|~~| (>------ Jay D. Dyson -- jdysonat_private ------<) | = |-' `--' `--' `-------- Real men prefer full disclosure. --------' `------' -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: See http://www.treachery.net/~jdyson/ for current keys. iQCVAwUBO36b6blDRyqRQ2a9AQH4JgQAglZQVkian7dJga4GSkeabDDxaHetRUyk skUXYwbgMTOcpXsI+lgH+D8FzLuTi04AFH1W9PVY5pJN8IGPlxVAiO7YF5tVaO+7 weryFs+YOCIL+PiohotuJYdxuipgGLdeORlDP3vg4LMfjHcYfdeasSdcC2id/Qge BiHDJ+POopo= =DSzl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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