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Subject:rule of thumb PC definition From:"Paige A Medlin_ (PAM)" <PAM -at- GAMMEX -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 17 Nov 1995 09:55:03 -0600
This is the kinder, gentler definition I heard. A rule of
thumb is something that works 80% of the time. 1 out
of 5 times it is wrong, the thumb is one of 5 fingers,
hence the term "rule of thumb"
