DSWTFM: Paying attention to your own graph

Steve,

I have the raw data from which the graph is said to be sourced. In a spirit
of complete openness, I'll be repeating that raw data on here, along with
various visualisations of it, but that may not happen for a couple of days.

Fear not for the size of the data - it will comfortably fit inside one of
the smaller examples of your own paragraphs.

In the meantime, there are a couple of outstanding / new questions that you
may want to answer. This thread is for answering those questions. Usual
rules apply - I reserve the right to snip anything unrelated if I decide a
follow-up is warranted


1) In this thread:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.radio.digital/browse_frm/thread/dac4c3d2567dc1c3/7d45ca3759ee0894#7d45ca3759ee0894

You made the statement (quoting directly)

"No. What do you expect, a list of abotu 200 data points"

I asked you if you *knew* there were >150 more data points, particularly
given that the graph looks as it it only has ~31 data points in the first
place. I find your response evasive at best.


2) In this thread:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.radio.digital/browse_frm/thread/af878ee66cd1370f#

You made the statement (again quoting directly)

"And to answer your questions: why only 2 years of data? Why not? The report
was published in October last year, and sales figures are typically delayed
by 3 months or so. The graph would have been high before 2004, because sales
were just taking off. Basically, justify why he should use more than 2 years
of data. "

The thing is, the graph *isn't* based on two years of data - it's based on
well over 2.5 years worth of data. I acknowledged this error literally 5
minutes later, and yet you've repeated it as if it were correct.



So the first question I have to ask you is, given the two facts above, have
you even looked *properly* at your own graph?

Or have you, as another poster suggested, simply selected a rendering of the
data that suited your agenda?



As a follow up, you've already said that you haven't paid for the report
which is the source of the graph.

There are also quite a few graphs in the public domain that present a more
straightforward view of the same data, and which *don't* require a large
amount of expenditure or special access.

Given the two facts above, how did you come to "stumble" upon this graph and
subsequently decide it was to be the poster-boy for your article in The
Register?
.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: repeating video pauses before restart
    ... > video is repeating. ... re-cue the graph -- that is, the graph will be paused until the first frame ... The transition process will make a slight ...
    (microsoft.public.win32.programmer.directx.video)
  • Re: DSWTFM: Paying attention to your own graph
    ... I have the raw data from which the graph is said to be sourced. ... spirit of complete openness, I'll be repeating that raw data on here, ... Sean, Sean, Sean. ...
    (alt.radio.digital)
  • Re: DSWTFM: Paying attention to your own graph
    ... I have the raw data from which the graph is said to be sourced. ... spirit of complete openness, I'll be repeating that raw data on here, ... And there are no "bends" in this graph, it isn't a smoothly fitted curve. ...
    (alt.radio.digital)
  • Re: Australian Gun Law Update
    ... The facts prove this. ... Now explain to me how the 96 gun control laws retroactively caused the ... then choose a line graph. ... thing and then when govt sources are shown to contradict you try cast ...
    (talk.politics.guns)
  • Re: Just another....
    ... Ignore the text if that irritates you ... site whose graph you are touting - or, ... The chief policy adviser is Christopher Monckton, ... recent little gem of yours) in the face of all the facts. ...
    (soc.culture.scottish)