Re: Helmets will be mandatory in Vancouver, WA

Joe Cipale

2008-02-28

This article could set a record for reaching its Breidbart Index value (BI) in the shortest time possible. The BI is a value that measures the severity of spam (or in this case articles) over a 45-day period of time. (Go here for a cleaner definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breidbart_Index).

Given that there have been (at least) 75 articles over the course of 4 days here, this thread has been posted(?) to one group which leads us to a BI of:
BI = (75)^ 1/2 * (1 ) ~= 9

So we are a ways off form putting this into auto-cancel mode (the threshold is 20). ;)

~Sorry... what do you think us geeks do when we are waiting for things to finish?~

Which begs the next question of Kenji, what IS the breakdown of careers here in Obra by the numbers?

I'll get my coat...

Joe

C M wrote:

> Jon....good job with the original posting, as of this morning I count 71
> entries related to this topic, this may have set a record.
>
> On 2/26/08, jon.ragsdale@comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > There is a story on the front page of www.kgw.com reporting that
> > Vancouver has enacted a rule that in 30 days all cyclists will be required
> > to wear helmets. Full story:
> > http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/kgw_022608_news_vancouver_helmet_law_bicycle.2edad9de.html
> >
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