Logical Tests

Just after posting the last blog, I thought of a book review I read somewhere on Amazon about a statistical financial book.  The reader complained that even those this book was based on statistical fact and interviews with real life human beings, it is not worth reading because of a logical test.  I think the review was about The Millionaire Next door, but I don't feel like searching through 112 pages of reviews to find the specific one.

And I'm reminded of Douglas Adam's thoughts on logical tests... 

It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination.

Moving on... 

Work wise, I'm fighting OPP and communication problems.  OPP is other people's problems, and is generally used when a company refuses to admit that their equipment is badly built and unreliable.  That's pretty normal with many of the vendors we deal with.  You can find these people because the instant a piece of equipment quits working, they instantly blame your equipment or wiring.  It couldn't possibly be their equipment.   It's strange though...  OPP is usually associated with people selling unreliable equipment.