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   Ben Bacarisse  writes:   
      
   [...]   
      
   > I found this problem interesting but only later in the discussion as   
   > I have been using this metric for some time.  What got interesting   
   > (to me) was that there is another sound interpretation of the   
   > average as suggested by Tim, [...]   
      
   It wasn't my idea.  I got it from a posting by Mike Terry on   
   December 21.  I hadn't seen that formulation of arithmetic mean   
   before and I was amazed that it worked.  So I can't really take   
   any credit for the suggestion.   
      
   > ironically prompted but a general definition of what might   
   > constitute an average that I had posted and failed to follow   
   > through on.   
      
   I remember your posting as coming after the one by Mike Terry,   
   and so I thought your comments were derived from his.  Sorry if   
   my conclusions there were off the mark.   
      
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