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Re:Every Mac I've owned has failed by qqq on Sunday December 28, 2008 @04:00PM (#412196)
> Can we stop screwing around with anecdotes and cite some sort of study?

But he said he has enough anecdotes that it feels statistical to him.

Re:Every Mac I've owned has failed by fallentimes on Sunday December 28, 2008 @04:23PM (#412218)
Haha yes. And in 37signals land, they're somehow still a startup, you only have to work 32 hours per week to be successful, multiple anecdotes = data, and feelings trump reality.
Re:Every Mac I've owned has failed by petercooper on Monday December 29, 2008 @02:14AM (#412743)
Feelings are reality for most people. If this were not true, religion, depression, stock market crashes and mental illness would not exist and we'd be living in a utopia.
Re:Every Mac I've owned has failed by fallentimes on Monday December 29, 2008 @03:15AM (#412779)
Right, but that's sort of a strawman. I was mainly referring to this:

But he said he has enough anecdotes that it feels statistical to him.

Re:Every Mac I've owned has failed by bk on Monday December 29, 2008 @04:57AM (#412855)
I voted you back up (to 1) because your comment is more insightful than then snarky 37signals bashing above.