tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2456193060993662889..comments2024-03-28T09:46:42.923-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Measuring the Metra MessNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31491721600124708042013-07-15T18:04:30.983-05:002013-07-15T18:04:30.983-05:00@Anonymous -- Good point. I find often people have...@Anonymous -- Good point. I find often people have an easier time conjuring a "cover-up" than taking the 10 seconds to see if anybody wrote anything about the subject supposedly being covered-up. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20988611518146731772013-07-15T15:25:43.505-05:002013-07-15T15:25:43.505-05:00@Becca: Google "Phil Pagano" and on the ...@Becca: Google "Phil Pagano" and on the first page of hits, 3 of 10 mention the other family. Not a very good coverup. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-33642386365923082182013-07-15T09:50:33.191-05:002013-07-15T09:50:33.191-05:00@Becca -- but why could he steal the money? Becaus...@Becca -- but why could he steal the money? Because no on was watching where it went, at first. Maybe the second family story wasn't true. Or maybe it was seen as off the main point of Metra. Not everything is a conspiracy, though of course, thinking so keeps life simple. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-62464555178397441942013-07-15T08:34:23.762-05:002013-07-15T08:34:23.762-05:00Here is an even simpler measure theoretic problem....Here is an even simpler measure theoretic problem. The boss is happy with Sue’s performance last year. Thus he tells her “Congrats! I am doubling your wages from $20,000 to $40,000.” He is also happy with Steve’s performance and thus says “I am increasing your wage from $100,000 to $130,000.”<br /><br />Who got a bigger raise?<br />JerryBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87475288124742684192013-07-15T08:30:28.900-05:002013-07-15T08:30:28.900-05:00Pagano didn't kill himself over the political ...Pagano didn't kill himself over the political mess at Metra.<br />He did it because he stole almost a half-million.<br />And why did he steal that money? Well, according to Greg Hinz at Crain's, Pagano had a secret second family he was supporting! In other words, he was a bigamist.<br />What's far more surprising was that Hinz never wrote about it again, but more importantly, no apology had to be given, someone sued over it being wrong.<br />Even more important than that, no one else picked up the story!<br />Now who killed that off?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978194163495589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-19596453425246662992013-07-15T08:01:52.300-05:002013-07-15T08:01:52.300-05:00That is not the most subtle insight involved here....That is not the most subtle insight involved here. If the measuring stick is reduced in half by what percentage does the coast line become longer. It is not the same for all coastlines or for all jagged objects. This percentage thus becomes the metric for jaggedness.<br /><br />In a similar vein take two lean athletic men. A jockey and a basketball player. The BB player has twice the body mass. His blood must be filtered by his kidneys. Yet the kidneys are not twice as massive. This is based on the fact that most chemistry in the body is surface chemistry and is related to the coastline dimensionality problem set forth above.<br />JerryBnoreply@blogger.com