The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread VI

[Abaddon]

i know her...its Apnea... isnt it?

Indeed it is.

 

[Mesousa]

You'll have to take into account that it can be any one of the three dice which is something else than 20.

So the probability is
1/20*1/20*19/20 + 1/20*19/20+1/20 + 19/20 *1/20*1/20= 3* 1/20*1/20*19/20 =57/8000.

I see. But shouldn't the chance for at least two 20s (i.e. either two or three 20s) be higher than the one for exactly two 20s? I guess I got that one wrong too.

Pay also attention to the words you choose, they can confuse others, and sometimes even yourself. Brighteye above thought you meant "any particular triple" by "any triple". I'm not too good with English, but perhaps "some triple" or simply "triple" would be good words to use.

I'm not a native speaker myself, and don't exactly discuss maths often, so yeah, it's tricky. Sorry for the bad wording.

 

[Cutlass]

is there a noticeable difference between 1080 i or p and 720p when watching HDTV?

 

[Mowque]

is there a noticeable difference between 1080 i or p and 720p when watching HDTV?

I can't even notice the difference between HDTV and normal TV.

 

[NKVD]

is there a noticeable difference between 1080 i or p and 720p when watching HDTV?

somebody have my job have a 720p and says he cant see the difference with a 1080i

 

[Kerozine]

I'm paying by breathing all that crap the trucks spew out.

Nobody is forcing you to breathe in a lungful of emissions.

 

[Mowque]

Nobody is forcing you to breathe in a lungful of emissions.

You know what I mean.

 

[Kerozine]

You know what I mean.

Not really, why are you specifically targeting the water bottling industry for your malaise?

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Wait, so we shouldn't worry about problems that don't affect us? Someone is being affected by the pollution from the transportation of bottled water, you know.

 

[Kerozine]

Wait, so we shouldn't worry about problems that don't affect us?

One could care less, unless they do not at all.

Someone is being affected by the pollution from the transportation of bottled water, you know.

How is it any more so than the transportation of item X, Y or even Z?

 

[Cutlass]

One could care less, unless they do not at all.


How is it any more so than the transportation of item X, Y or even Z?

Because water is a lot heavier than most things that travel by truck. So it's comparatively more polluting.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

How is it any more so than the transportation of item X, Y or even Z?

Bottled water consumption is easily avoidable.

 

[Ulyaoth]

^^^that's the best argument. There's no point for bottled water, get your own reusable bottle, and a water filter and fill it up.

 

[Kerozine]

Because water is a lot heavier than most things that travel by truck. So it's comparatively more polluting.

Have you any data?

Bottled water consumption is easily avoidable.

Sure, but what do you propose be done? Outlaw the sale of bottled water altogether?

 

[Bill3000]

^^^that's the best argument. There's no point for bottled water, get your own reusable bottle, and a water filter and fill it up.

there's a point in mexico

 

[Ulyaoth]

Being as bottled water is 90% of the time just more filtered municipal water, thus getting the same Mexican water anyway, no, not much more of a point. A little, but not much.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Sure, but what do you propose be done? Outlaw the sale of bottled water altogether?

Education, taxation to capture externalities, the usual stuff.

there's a point in mexico

We're not talking about Mexico.

 

[Cutlass]

What should I look for in a DVR that is not a TIVO? I don't want to subscribe to a service, I just want to record over the air HD broadcasts and play them on an HDTV.

 

[Ulyaoth]

Do you have a cable service that offers DVR? I've got a box and it's pretty good. Simple to use and all that.

 

[Cutlass]

Over the air. I don't think cable is worth paying for.