Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site entropy.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!entropy!hubert From: hubert@entropy.UUCP (Steve Hubert) Newsgroups: net.math.stat Subject: net.stat vs net.math.stat Message-ID: <36@entropy.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Jun-84 16:16:00 EDT Article-I.D.: entropy.36 Posted: Wed Jun 6 16:16:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 08:28:13 EDT Organization: UW MathStat, Seattle Lines: 17 I would be more inclined to say that stat is a superset of math than the opposite though I would actually say neither. Math is a tool used by statisticians just as math is a tool used by astronomers. Nobody would suggest that astronomy be a subset of math, I think. Nevertheless, I have calmed down considerably and no longer care much what the name is. If others still care, I am in favor of net.stat but at this time I don't feel it is worth the trouble to change it. I apologize for publicly maligning mp and bae. Let's start the serious submissions, like that of Gary Perlman. Actually, a discussion about whether statistics is or is not a subset of math could be quite enjoyable. Steve Hubert Dept. of Stat., U. of Wash, Seattle decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!entropy!hubert hubert%entropy@uw-beaver