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A New Entry for the Sloth Glossary: The -5 Sloth
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Scott en Aztlán <newsgroup> wrote: >On 3 Apr 2006 19:12:48 -0700, "Old Wolf" > >wrote: > >>> How would a "high speedo" make a car look better in CRASH stats? >> >>There's a couple of assumptions: >> 1) The driver uses the speedo to adjust his speed >> 2) Driving slower means you will have fewer crashes, >> >>If you take those as given, then the high speedo (eg. speedo >>that says you are doing 75 when you are doing 65) will result >>in having fewer crashes than other cars that are actually going 75. > >And if you start with the assumption that 1 + 1 = 2, you can prove >that I am the Pope. I'd like to see you do it, Your Holiness. -- There's no such thing as a free lunch, but certain accounting practices can result in a fully-depreciated one. |
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