P3D Re: wet toes winner.

[Dylan The Hippy Wabbit <spacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Roberts wrote:-

>That reminds me of an alleged "lie detector" I recently saw in a store.
>I suggested that the reliability of the device be tested by stating
>"3 + 3 = 6.001" - because that's "very nearly true", it could help to
>quantify the lie detector's ability to differentiate between truth and
>falsehood. Different numbers could be introduced - for example, all but
>the most discriminating lie detectors ought to pass "3 + 3 = 6.00000001"
>as true.

I'm wandering off topic (again!) but a science program on UK TV recently
had a voice based lie detector to demonstrate.  So they used it on footage
of Clinton denying everything.  :-D

I was really disappointed when he passed the lot.  Leaves three possible
interpretations:-

a) He was telling the truth.

b) He is a psychopath who isn't stressed by lying.  Sort of person his
business attracts really.

c) It was all lies, leaving the machine no differences to detect.

I know which I prefer.  ;-)

>I might as well admit that in some of my Grand Canyon hyperstereos,
>shooting with 50-100 yard interocular and with the alignment reference
>15-20 miles away, I have occasionally used the *same* reference point for
>both photos. This makes the stereo pairs technically toed-in, but so far
>nobody has noticed.

If I'd ever bothered to learn how many yards in a mile (born metric man,
well I've only got 10 fingers) I'd work out just how tiny a toe in angle
that is.

Dave Spacey

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