RJ really is unbounded by definition. Steve. At 09:46 AM 7/3/2006, Steven Kan wrote: > > Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:48:56 -0700 > > From: Alan.Hiltonnickel@xxxxxxx > > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Fibre channel interconnect margins > > > > In fact, I think that companies DO ship products that toss a random > > error approximately every 10e-xx or so. Why? Because the statistical > > theory behind those errors is that random/Gaussian noise is, by > > definition, unbounded - errors are a fact of life, even if the error > > rate is very low. > >I suppose we're way off in the weeds, here, but is the noise actually >unbounded? Or does it just behave in a Gaussian-like manner within the realm >of times/rates that matter for shipping product? I suppose if I sat in my >chair for long enough, a truly unbounded system might cause a gold bar to >pop into existence on my desk, but my empirical GBR (gold-bar rate) is >currently 0. > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To unsubscribe from si-list: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > >For help: >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > >List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ > >List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org > >List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list >or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu