Stoopid competition question of the week

http://www.five.tv/accessibility/programmes/gadgetshow/

Black boxes are most famous for being used on which form of transport? Is it

a. Aeroplanes
b. Trams
c. Bicycles

Derrrr.....!

Tony

"Tony Raven" wrote in message
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http://www.five.tv/accessibility/programmes/gadgetshow/

Black boxes are most famous for being used on which form of transport? Is
it

a. Aeroplanes
b. Trams
c. Bicycles

Derrrr.....!
There's a black box mounted on a bike in the latest edition of _cycle_. I
think it's a light.

KC

Getronics Wang wrote:

There's a black box mounted on a bike in the latest edition of _cycle_. I
think it's a light.

And it's truly hideous.

"Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message
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Getronics Wang wrote:

There's a black box mounted on a bike in the latest edition of _cycle_.
I
think it's a light.

And it's truly hideous.

It's not just me who thinks so then.
It looks like a standard die-cast box available from the likes of RS and
Farnell with a few basic mods. The kind of thing I'd make in my garage and
only take it out when it's dark. Doh, it_is_a_light! ;-)

Pete

Peter B wrote:
"Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message
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Getronics Wang wrote:
There's a black box mounted on a bike in the latest edition of _cycle_.
I think it's a light.

And it's truly hideous.

It's not just me who thinks so then.
...

Tsk! It's a product designed to work well, not be photogenic ;-) Form
has followed function. But then, I'm biased.

Chris

On 28/1/05 1:53 pm, in article , "Chris Jones"
wrote:

Peter B wrote:
"Zog The Undeniable" wrote in message
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Getronics Wang wrote:
There's a black box mounted on a bike in the latest edition of _cycle_.
I think it's a light.

And it's truly hideous.

It's not just me who thinks so then.
...

Tsk! It's a product designed to work well, not be photogenic ;-) Form
has followed function. But then, I'm biased.

You can't see it when you use it anyway because it is dark. And you wouldn't
want the extra weight when it isn't dark so you wouldn't see it then either.
What's the problem with what it looks like?

...d

"Chris Jones" wrote in message
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Tsk! It's a product designed to work well, not be photogenic ;-) Form
has followed function. But then, I'm biased.

I know from close proximity how much time, effort and money goes into
designing, having moulds made and prototypes moulded of something
originally conceived in a die-cast box to improve on its form. Frightening!
I do feel however that to appeal to anything more than an informed niche
market form must come to the fore, there again if the informed niche market
is of adequate size.......but I could be trying to teach my grandmother how
to suck eggs.
Good luck Chris.

Regards,
Pete

Tony Raven popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on and
said
http://www.five.tv/accessibility/programmes/gadgetshow/

Black boxes are most famous for being used on which form of
transport? Is it

a. Aeroplanes
b. Trams
c. Bicycles

Second most stupid question is, what colour are black boxes? eg
No it's not black.


--
yours S

Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione

"Tony Raven" wrote in message
...
http://www.five.tv/accessibility/programmes/gadgetshow/

Black boxes are most famous for being used on which form of transport? Is
it

a. Aeroplanes
b. Trams
c. Bicycles

Derrrr.....!

Even stoopider in today's Times was the question (which I'm repeating from
memory so the wording may not be exact): If you had to put house numbers on
a row of houses numbered from 1 to 100, and given that sixes and nines are
interchangeable, which is it cheaper to buy, sixes or nines?

The answer given was correct (it doesn't matter) but not for the right
reason. It was claimed that it didn't matter, because there are the same
number of sixes and nines between 1-100.

The author of the column seems to miss the point that it doesn't matter
which you buy, you'll be buying the same amount.