At 10:17 a.m. 21/08/2009, STAHLKE, HERBERT F wrote:
>As we're seeing currently in the health care debate, free speech 
>sometimes brings with it a high signal to noise rate.  It's a price 
>we pay.  Fortunately, as a group of English teachers, we've 
>practiced a strong support for free speech.  As Paul suggests, the 
>best way to reduce noise is to ignore it.

DD: Since signal to noise ratio is defined as, SNR = P signal  / P noise
it would seem to me to be better to have a high level that a low. In 
other words the lower the noise, the greater the ratio. But then Math 
is not my forte.

To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at:
     http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html
and select "Join or leave the list"

Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/