im not too bothered about all this ash cloud. im pretty sure its john locke escaped from the island anyway.
the only way it effects me is that liverpool have had to make an epic journey involving all kinds of transport to get to madrid for the UEFA cup game tomorrow. and if it affects their performance. i'll be raging.
Last edited by Cotterik; 04-21-2010 at 03:10 PM.
I see where you are coming from now.
But I don't follow how a 1000 times more dangerous equates to a the chances of NOT crashing of 1/1000.
Originally I said the chances of a crash where 1:1,000,000. So if it 1000 times more dangerous don't you just multiply the 1 by a 1000. Then you get in 1000:1,000,000 = 1:1,000 of a crash.
Is the math wrong, or is it just the terminology "1000 times more dangerous" that causes the disconnect?
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not."
Well, it don't equate to 1/1000 of NOT crashing, i just stated that to clarify that it's very dangerous to hit such a cloud.
The math is right, 1,000,000 / 1000 = 1000, that is correct. But firstly the figure of speech "1000 times more dangerous" is just a way of telling its VERY dangerous - It's sound "good" when said in the media - therefor it cant be used for calculating statistics.
Secondly you can't take 2 risk factors and divide them up in each other as there will be some formalities that will clash (ex that the original risk factor has the ash calculated in it (which is not the case)).
Looks like that's London back to "normal".
Edinburgh still quite quiet. I'm guessing because the airline are diverting their planes to clear the larger/busier hubs
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Loving radar virtuel. Lulz though at my crappy work IE6 which struggles with anything bigger than a gif and chooses to virus scan pages at the most inopertune moments.
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haha. chrome at home on vista does fine, just work PC is slow. Nothing personal against macs though.
Another quiet day at Aberdeen airport. Makes commuting past the airport a dream with all that airport traffic gone. As an aside I had to laugh at the taxi rank mutterings as all the airport taxis have been in to city centre stealing business with no air travellers.
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BBC News - RAF Typhoon training halted as ash found in engine
My cynical side says, AGREED..... the RAF dont have shareholders worrying about profit firstThe CAA also says conclusions should not be drawn from the RAF's statement about the air-worthiness of civilian aircraft.
"A woman without curves is like a road without bends, you might get to your destination quicker but the ride is boring as hell'
*totally shocked*
"The ash cloud returns!!!!!"
*ohnoes*
"The airport of Reykjavik has been closed...again!!!"
*mass panic*
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I didn't think Reykjavik airport had to be closed because all the ash was to the south..? Or did they close it anyway?
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