Showing posts with label bad math. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad math. Show all posts

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Definition

The union of sets Gregory and Megalodon defines the subset Y, and can be expressed as:

Y = Gregory Megalodon

When considering the moment at which blog titles switch sources in hybridizing words, this set can contain multiple values, and thus remains a set. A unique entity, i, is then a single location in this subset, ie. this blog, which can similarly be expressed as:

Yi = {this blog}

Without the benefit of subscripts, this may be interpreted as the professional basketball player and Olympic pushover who will certainly steal time from a UConn Husky. This is not intended. When you read this, you should think of an observant shark with enormous teeth and nothing else.

The most baller bicycle possible?

Cadillac is trying to push Escalades for $5k under sticker while the world waits on pins and needles for the hybrid version with big goofy "this is how i save the world rolling on 22s" stickers across the sides of the truck.

People are probably holding off on buying another big SUV because they're waiting for versions with 50% better fuel mileage, right? GM commits one of my favorite math frauds by playing up a percentage gain from a small denominator... well I'm going to exercise 100% more than I did last week in honor of GM's feat. That's right, I'm soiling two pairs of running shorts by next Saturday.

Rather than only mocking progress, I hope this blog will also enlighten discussions of economic and environmental sustainability. In this vein, I offer an alternative with infinitely better gas mileage, also from Cadillac: $1500 worth of bike on sale for $3100. The 'sclade hybrid can't touch a Caddy that rocks 27s straight from the dealer.