[OT] Stranded Woman Saved By GPS



Following up to Peter Clinch

>> there are some new hydrogen buses with zero emmissions in London
>> now. I'll wait till they do a car. :)
>
>BMW did a rather smart one in prototype form, including an auto boot
>open for venting if a sensor detected a fuel leak.

Saw it in the house magazine, no price mentioned! I like the idea
of the boot flying open to scatter my luggage down the road.
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On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:20:54 +0100, The Reids <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Following up to Peter Clinch
>
>>> there are some new hydrogen buses with zero emmissions in London
>>> now. I'll wait till they do a car. :)
>>
>>BMW did a rather smart one in prototype form, including an auto boot
>>open for venting if a sensor detected a fuel leak.
>
>Saw it in the house magazine, no price mentioned! I like the idea
>of the boot flying open to scatter my luggage down the road.

By the time you've installed a hydrogen tank in the boot, there's bugger all
room for luggage, so not a great problem ;-)

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W. D. Grey <[email protected]> writes
>In article <[email protected]>, Gordon Harris
><[email protected]> writes
>>>By the time you've installed a hydrogen tank in the boot, there's bugger all
>>>room for luggage, so not a great problem ;-)
>>>
>>Just so long as there's room for a mobile phone.....
>
>Gordon you're a Bad Egg :)

I know, I know....
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On Fri, 1 Apr 2005 12:44:34 +0100, Gordon Harris
<[email protected]> wrote:

>John Laird <[email protected]> writes
>>On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:20:54 +0100, The Reids <[email protected]>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Following up to Peter Clinch
>>>
>>>>> there are some new hydrogen buses with zero emmissions in London
>>>>> now. I'll wait till they do a car. :)
>>>>
>>>>BMW did a rather smart one in prototype form, including an auto boot
>>>>open for venting if a sensor detected a fuel leak.
>>>
>>>Saw it in the house magazine, no price mentioned! I like the idea
>>>of the boot flying open to scatter my luggage down the road.
>>
>>By the time you've installed a hydrogen tank in the boot, there's bugger all
>>room for luggage, so not a great problem ;-)
>>
>Just so long as there's room for a mobile phone.....

Now there's another thing that's awkward on a bike!
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:41:18 +0000, Gordon Harris
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Rooney <[email protected]> writes
>>On Wed, 23 Mar 2005 19:46:11 +0000, Gordon Harris
>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I thought he always left it in the pub car park and walked home.
>>>;-)
>>
>>I've managed to sleep comfortably in the last few cars - it wasn't so
>>easy when I had a little Peugeot though.
>>
>I last haven't slept in a car since I was a child and dad was driving us
>to Poole over-night, some time in the '40s.
>It's weird walking round Stonehenge at dawn in pyjamas.....

I thought druids wore nighties?
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On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:14:44 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Chris
Malcolm) wrote:

>Mathematicians refer to that as a qualitative relationship, as opposed
>to quantitative which would give numbers.


Your (invalid) argument is based on quantity alone.

>>Unless you are talking proportions, there being 'more middle-aged
>>women' wouldn't amount to a reason why the stas should differ, since
>>there could well be proportionally fewer middle-aged women drivers
>>than cyclists - in which case you would expect this to be reflected in
>>worse figures for driving.
>
>>>>What proportion of motorists are dangerous young men? And
>>>>what proportion of cyclists? Any stats?
>>>
>>>No, and it doesn't matter, because it doesn't affect the argument,
>>>just the specific quantities, not their relationship.
>
>>So when you say 'a lot more middle-aged women' and 'a lot more young
>>men', you don't mean percentage-wise? Do you really think there are
>>more young men who cycle than drive?
>
>I see what the problem is. You don't have the slightest clue about
>statistical arguments.

Having studies stats at degree level for two years, and having been
trained to teach stats to A level, I prefer my argument to that of
anyone who studied them at the same place as you and Pete (-:

Incidentally, my professional, academic field is assessing the
validity of arguments. It comes as no surprise to me to find, even in
this distinguished ng, people who just can't follow a line of
reasoning. Some people are great at the technical stuff but just
don't grasp logic.
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On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 05:15:28 +0100, Rooney <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:14:44 +0000 (UTC), [email protected] (Chris
>Malcolm) wrote:

>>I see what the problem is. You don't have the slightest clue about
>>statistical arguments.

PS - here's a nice, simple, modern account.

Quote:
Statisticians typically don't use the terms "quantitative" and
"qualitative", and have instead developed more sophisticated
categories of scale.

A nominal scale allows distinction between different points of data,
but not necessarily anything else; names are an example of a nominal
scale. Nominal scales are always qualitative.
An ordinal scale has an inherent system of ordering; the ratings
"bad", "mediocre", and "good" are organized on an ordinal scale. Some
ordinal scales are quantitative.
A constant distance on an interval scale means the same thing
everywhere on the scale. An extra 5 kilograms is an extra 5 kilograms,
whether it's on top of 7 kilograms or 207 — but an extra point on the
logarithmic Richter scale is a much larger difference for an 8.0 than
for a 2.0. All interval scales all quantitative.
A ratio on a ratio scale means the same thing everywhere on the scale.
2 meters is twice as far as 1 meter, but 40 degrees Celsius is not
twice as hot as 20 degrees Celsius (since 0 degrees Celsius is not
Absolute Zero). All ratio scales are quantitative.
End quote.

If I have to explain any of this any further to either of you then it
will cost you £40 per hour.

Now I can't be arsed continuing this so I'm plonking you in a special
folder for computer technicians.
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