Random Fact!

[Oddw1re]

There was an old man called Michael Finnigan

 

[WillyNelson]

The width between rails on a standard guage railway (ie ours!) is based on an ancient Roman measurement for the ruts in roads that chariots used. Effectively, the width of our trains is dictated by the width of horses backsides!

And so is the diameter of the solid rocket boosters used by the shuttle, as they have to pass through train tunnels on their way from the manufacturers. The diameter of the tunnel is governed by the guage of the track (4' 8 1/2"), based on jigs for carriage wheels which were based on the ruts in the road, etc... Or thereabouts.

 

[Mat]

How about a Rowntree's fruit bat?

Don't be silly. Nobody has been able to resist one long enough for it to dry out so it can be measured.

 

[The Dread Pirate]

Just to plat devil's advocate, what's the probability of a zero probability event?

Bwah?!?!?

*A Fatal Error has occured please power down Capn' $qu!ff and wait for a Stev Logic™ Technical representative*

 

[Participant]

No, he's completely wrong. A probability space consists of a triplet (A,B,u), where the probability measure u is a map from B (a sigma algebra corresponding to the sample space A) to the closed interval [0,1]. In paritcular, the sigma algebra is defined to contain the empty set, the measure of which is zero.

That's still not relevant as the probability measure u, can never be zero. [Cue w11tho spouting another irrelevant formula in the hope of bull****ing me into submission].

Just to plat devil's advocate, what's the probability of a zero probability event?

Zero.

 

[MonkeyNews]

China has more English speakers than the United States.

 

[markweatherill]

What if the die is a hypercube?

 

[Smit]

Russell was French and is therefore unqualified to build spiral staircases correctly!

Or something

Edit: Russell Square Tube Station

That's not actually Russell Square Tube Station

Do a search on google Images and you will find the stairs that are in Russell Square Tube station.. Unless there are two sets of stairs.

 

[Soupy]

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open :myth

Fixed ... I can sneeze with my eyes open ! do it all the time

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[Moobert]

That's still not relevant as the probability measure u, can never be zero. [Cue w11tho spouting another irrelevant formula in the hope of bull****ing me into submission].

Originally Posted by jak731 View Post
Just to plat devil's advocate, what's the probability of a zero probability event?

Zero.

A zero probability of a zero probability event hehehe

 

[w11tho]

That's still not relevant as the probability measure u, can never be zero. [Cue w11tho spouting another irrelevant formula in the hope of bull****ing me into submission].

Erm, was there something about the phrase "the measure of which is zero" which you found unclear?

You've said something daft, you've been corrected. No big deal - move on.

 

[Tefal]

What if the die is a hypercube?

Then it shall be burnt for ruining the name of it's predecessor the cube!

 

[MonkeyNews]

The five interlocking Olympic rings are black, blue, red, white and yellow because at least one of these colors appears on every national flag.

 

[Participant]

Erm, was there something about the phrase "the measure of which is zero" which you found unclear?

You've said something daft, you've been corrected. No big deal - move on.

Random fact: some people struggle to read properly, struggle to correctly interpret the information provided, and hope to dupe people into believing their point by spouting endless irrelevancies from Statistics Chapter 1.

 

[SteveOBHave]

In 1926, women were banned from competing in marathons because it was believed it caused infertility. After the Violet Percy from Great Britain who ran first official marathon, 800m was the maximum distance a woman could "safely" run. It wasn't until 1963 the next official time was recorded for a woman. Interesting fact is that Violet Percy is not the first women to run the marathon. Three years before her, Frances Hayward in 1923 finished Comrades marathon in 11 hours and 35 minutes (unofficially since women were not allowed to run this marathon).

 

[Hamish]

If it was the one at Covent Garden:
From top to bottom it is clockwise yes.
From bottom to top it is not. Therefore it spirals upwards anti-clockwise not clockwise

The staircase at covent garden goes anti clockwise down, and clockwise up. I should know, I walk up/down it twice every day!

 

[DampCat]

Yeah he mean't Russell Square. The picture i found was labeled Russell Square and also went clockwise up, but apparently it's not Russell Square in the pic. No idea then, never been there myself.

 

[Smit]

Yeah he mean't Russell Square. The picture i found was labeled Russell Square and also went clockwise up, but apparently it's not Russell Square in the pic. No idea then, never been there myself.

I was there last week

I am guessing they must have 2 staircases there On google images there are two images of Russell Square station stairs.. One is clockwise and one is anticlockwise

 

[SteveOBHave]

OK there needs to be a rule in this one as well - No posting random crap about stair cases and probabilities!!!!! Every post should have a random fact.

 

[h00fzilla]

An adult swan eats about 4kg of aquatic vegetation every day. It reaches these underwater plants by plunging its long neck into the water, or 'upending', tail in the air. To help with the digestion of these plants in its gizzard, or second stomach, the swan swallows grit which grinds up the food.