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In response to "Any other ST'ers get an estimate of Americans with your name as 1? -- nm" by Strongbad

me, and I'm 99% sure it's true. However I have a problem with their algorithm. They look at the frequency of your names independently,

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu) Mar 20 '09, 12:21

without accounting for the linkage of first and last names. For instance, my first name is far more likely to go with a French last name than with my real last name, or with a Chinese last name.

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this is what I was saying above (six minutes before you :-p) -- nm - zork Mar 20, 12:24
Agreed. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:21 4
- it's a site that tells you your name in pig latin and your power animal and you're worried about methodology? -- nm - Andie Mar 20, 12:24 3
  - I'm pretty sure they guessed the pig latin correctly. -- nm - loosilu Mar 20, 12:26
  - L3 -- nm - znufrii Mar 20, 12:25
  - Not worried, just pointing out a flaw. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 20, 12:24

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me, and I'm 99% sure it's true. However I have a problem with their algorithm. They look at the frequency of your names independently,

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