Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Tue May 27 21:13:34 CDT 2014
And so WHY exactly shouldn't we trust them? I never got that. Because shit is in there that could be fucked up? Just like ANY freaking program. What a crock. There are ways of testing spreadsheets. No doubt spreadsheets get misused. But to say all spreadsheets are evil is not right at all either. Here's a one word tip. Crossfoot. GK GK On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:50 PM, <aclawhon at hiwaay.net> wrote: > I haven't read this (yet), but it looks like an economics professor has > written a book advancing a hypothesis that all us wage slaves are doomed to > misery and poverty while the folks who own and control capital will > eventually own and control everything. (I suppose this is the long overdue > update of "Das Capital" by Karl Marx.) > > The only problem with this professor's theory is that he relied on > erroneous error-plagued spreadsheet data to support his "facts" and > conclusions. > > http://science.slashdot.org/story/14/05/27/220202/why-you- > shouldnt-use-spreadsheets-for-important-work > > Susan, maybe you can insert a chapter (or a few pages) into your upcoming > Excel book warning people not to get too infatuated with spreadsheets. (I > wonder why articles like this aren't more prevalent about the misuse and/or > misinterpretation of data generated from databases?) > > Positive Alan of Huntsville > > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com