On Sep 5, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Russell McMahon wrote:

> Many natural events have a certain statistical probability of
> occurrence based on relevant factors BUT the probability of occurrence
> is largely or totally unaffected by the recent past history.

Actually, I don't think we have a very good understanding of where
assorted "natural" events fall on the statistical vs periodic vs
chaotic scale (thus some of the debate about global warming, for
instance...)

BillW

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