Statistics, always fun?
2005/10/04 filed under /webI'm a geek, so I should like statistics, and yes, in a lot of cases I do like shiny graphics and a boatload of numbers. For example the linux counter, distributed.net, or Seti@home; all great!
Yet today, I accidentally followed some links in some mailing list archive on screen scraping, which pointed me towards: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count
The site displays detailed statistics on the number of casualties in Iraq. From statistics on casualties and gender to ethnicity and coalition country. All well, yet I lose my interest when they present a table with detailed information on the poor souls. Name, rank, hometown, cause and location of death, everything seems to be there.
Numbers are fun, but don't turn numbers into people.
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