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Bob - 2006-07-19 05:26:34 - http://shadowgm.diaryland.com
The median temperature is not the average temperature. It is either the midpoint of a frequency distribution, such that there is an equal chance of a value falling above or below it; or the literal middle of a sequence with an odd number of values (or the average of the two middle values if there is no single one). Thus, in the sequence 45, 46, 56, 75, 77, 82, 107 ... the median is 75, and the average is 69. If we dropped the highest value (107), the median would be 65 (the average of 56 + 75).

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Brin - 2006-07-19 10:03:24 -
You know what *I* don't get, is when people complain about global warming this time of year. People, it's SUMMER TIME. It's SUPPOSED to be hot in the Northern Hemisphere!!!

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Bob - 2006-07-19 16:13:37 - http://shadowgm.diaryland.com
As for ice cream trucks playing Beatles songs, a) they'd likely get sued, and b) the kids wouldn't recognize the song.

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