More importantly, see my link for a list of reasons why McArdle is wrong to support BHO. Just as she's tried her darnedest and failed with another of my lists (about immigration), perhaps she'd care to give that one a try.
sure you all laugh now, but have any of you actually crunched the numbers?
for every wacked-out unintuitive conclusion, there is usually a team of hard working scientists who've collected the data and developed the statistics to find just the right set of requirements needed to significantly increase safety, or anything else for that matter.
that a government would actually listen to and act upon the advice of a bunch of nerds in such a straight forward manner, without regard to the social implications, is the thing which is truly startling.
Another stunning example of the wisdom of government regulation!
But it's all about safety! Don't you WANT people to be safe?
Hey, it could be worse. The government could really get on their backs and ban public bus drivers from filling out crossword puzzles on the job: http://www.acouplethings.com/blog/2008/10/ahhh-eastern-europe/
:)
I forsee a new market developing for - oh, never mind.
Amusing number. It's about the size of our national debt. :)
Isn't everyone in Vietnam small chested? Sheesh.....they're small everything, aren't they?
It's not a big deal, no one drives those things in Vietnam. Would obviously be much more controversial in the US.
The link appears to contain a prank.
More importantly, see my link for a list of reasons why McArdle is wrong to support BHO. Just as she's tried her darnedest and failed with another of my lists (about immigration), perhaps she'd care to give that one a try.
sure you all laugh now, but have any of you actually crunched the numbers?
for every wacked-out unintuitive conclusion, there is usually a team of hard working scientists who've collected the data and developed the statistics to find just the right set of requirements needed to significantly increase safety, or anything else for that matter.
that a government would actually listen to and act upon the advice of a bunch of nerds in such a straight forward manner, without regard to the social implications, is the thing which is truly startling.