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Dear Jay and other non-Englishers My apologies - 'to bang into someone' in USA may mean a car-crash; in England it means a chance encounter, usually on foot. JOHN On 12 December 2010 22:55, Jay Warner at AT_T <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > > On Dec 11, 2010, at 1:04:57 PM, John Bibby wrote: > > Also, when I _do_ bang into someone I know by chance, I often contemplate > > how many I must have 'just missed' banging into because they were say 100 > > yards away rather than just 10 say, and therefore avoided being noticed. > > How close is 'too' close? How do you measure a driving 'accident'? > Denting one or another car? stop & exchange drivers license numbers & > addresses? File a police report? > > There's a potential can of worms in this issue alone. :) > > Jay > > > > JOHN BIBBY > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10 December 2010 10:40, Gavin and Rosemary Ross < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > >> Probabilities of rare events reported after they have occurred are not > >> easily defined. Such events are common in literature, of course, and > most > >> people in every day life sometimes come across an acquaintance in > unlikely > >> places. The only valid procedure would be to write down in advance the > >> details of a possible rare event, specifying the spatial and temporal > range > >> in which it might occur, and place it in a sealed envelope. Even then > we > >> are in danger of stretching the definition of the event to fit the > >> observation, as do those determined to believe in astrology, prophesies, > >> oracles and the like. > >> > >> Gavin Ross > >> Harpenden, Herts > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> *From:* clivedurdle <[log in to unmask]> > >> *To:* [log in to unmask] > >> *Sent:* Thursday, December 09, 2010 10:20 PM > >> *Subject:* Speeding > >> > >> > >> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/speeding-driver-new-zealand-policeman?INTCMP=SRCH > >> > >> " > >> Booked for speeding in England and New Zealand ... by the same policeman > >> > >> Constable Andy Flitton recognised by driver he had booked in London as > he > >> wrote out ticket in rural South Island town" > >> > >> > >> OK, what is the probability of that? > >> > >> Live long and prosper! > >> > >> Clive > >> > >> Clive Durdle > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ****************************************************** Please note that > if > >> you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of > this > >> message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's > >> 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to > >> [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are > >> the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of > the > >> range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To > find > >> out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read > >> current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our > web > >> site www.radstats.org.uk. > >> ******************************************************* > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3305 - Release Date: 12/09/10 > >> 07:34:00 > >> > >> ****************************************************** Please note that > if > >> you press the 'Reply' button your message will go only to the sender of > this > >> message. If you want to reply to the whole list, use your mailer's > >> 'Reply-to-All' button to send your message automatically to > >> [log in to unmask] Disclaimer: The messages sent to this list are > >> the views of the sender and cannot be assumed to be representative of > the > >> range of views held by subscribers to the Radical Statistics Group. To > find > >> out more about Radical Statistics and its aims and activities and read > >> current and past issues of our newsletter you are invited to visit our > web > >> site www.radstats.org.uk. > >> ******************************************************* > >> > > > > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command > > > > SIGNOFF allstat > > > > to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank. > > Jay Warner > Principal Scientist > Warner Consulting, Inc. > 4444 North Green Bay Road > Racine, WI 53404-1216 > USA > > Ph: 262.634.9100 > Fax: 262.681.1133 > email: [log in to unmask] > web: www.a2q.com > > The A2Q Method (tm) -- What do you want to improve today? > > > > > > Yes, it's fall! > > > You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.