There are Lies, Damn-Lies and Statistics, Or Maybe Not
Some people say there are lies, damn-lies and statistics. My computer systems lecturer disagrees. He says there are lies, damn-lies, statistics and benchmarks. After nearly a week spent slowly disappearing under a mountain of chips, wire and code, I've thought up a new one: There are lies, damn-lies, statistics, benchmarks and things-you-wrote-in-your-design-project-plan.
The following explanation has been carefully stripped of any direct references to electronic engineering.
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