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Subject: RE: Re: A proposal:xsl:result-document asynchronous attribute
From: "Martinez, Brian" <brian.martinez@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:41:42 -0700
RE:  Re: A proposal:xsl:result-document asynchronous at
> From: Michael Kay [mailto:mhk@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:59 AM
> Subject: RE:  Re: A proposal:xsl:result-document asynchronous
> attribute
> 
> 
> > People are easy: sort alpha by forename then surname. That's 
> > usually pretty random, then pick every Nth entry.
> 
> You're joking! Ordering by name will give you a list that is strongly
> clustered by age and ethnic origin, and therefore a high chance that
> certain groups will be completely absent from the sample. 

Not to mention that in many eastern cultures, forenames are family names and
surnames a person's given name.  To sort by forename would compound the
clustering problem.

b.

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