Originally posted by: wordsworm
I know what a syllogism is. Let me show you an example: It is against the law to kill someone. James killed Tom. James broke the law. Or, as dictionary.com put it: Logic A form of deductive reasoning consisting of a major premise, a minor premise, and a conclusion; for example, All humans are mortal, the major premise, I am a human, the minor premise, therefore, I am mortal, the conclusion. For a proper education on logic and syllogism, feel free to check this site out:
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/...tSyllogisticLogic.html
Corrected for machine age? "
Well, by virtue of it being an OS that won't run on an old machine... ie, "Vista won't install on old machines. My poll is only open to those with Vista. Therefore, those who answered the poll must have relatively new machines."
Statistics aren't perfect. Everyone knows the old joke about the sheep. That sheep very well might be 1/2 black. But, it's still reasonable to suggest that there must be a black sheep in every flock.