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Dood's Inevitability Proposition


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Yesterday, Dood asked:

[color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]Is there a formula that calculates the likelihood of a huge bill arising after saving up cash for a new bass gear purchase?[/size][/font][/color]

[color=#5A5A5A][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]A quick back-of-envelope calculation produces this crude starting point:[/size][/font][/color]

[u]Tss X Tsl X C [/u]
2MB X Tng


Where Tss = Time spent saving
Tsl = Time spent looking
C = Cost of bass
MB = Money in bank
Tng = Time to next gig

Lots more factors to add, I think...

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love this! Thank you Solo', my inner geek is spending too much time thinking about this. Which is great, because that means I'm not having to think about the purchase I had planned (and sold a favourite cabinet to fund) slipping through my fingers.

Oh well.

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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1492423994' post='3280064']
It's a million-to-one chance, so it's bound to happen.
[/quote]

Like the chances of anything coming from Mars!

#WarOfTheWorldsThread

#YesIJustHashTaggedInBasschat
#CompletelyPointless
#RandomlyRememberingVBScriptCoding

#LooksLikeWeAreInGMajor

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OK,

Taking into account the extra factors suggested above, here's a development of Dood's Inevitability Proposition. This is open source material, so anybody can make any alterations they think are appropriate...



[center][color=#222222][font=sans-serif][size=4]Ψ[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]{([/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4][u]Tss X Tsl X 5C) + AoHG + (12 - MOT)}[/u][/size][/font][/color]
[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]2MB X Tng [/size][/font][/color][/center]




[size=3][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#282828]Where [/color][/font][/size]

[size=3][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#282828]Tss = Time spent saving[/color]
[color=#282828]Tsl = Time spent looking[/color]
[color=#282828]C = Cost of bass[/color]
[color=#282828]MB = Money in bank[/color]
[color=#282828]Tng = Time to next gig[/color][/font][/size]
[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]Ψ[/size][/font][color=#282828][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] = Psychological constant = expectation of bad things + awareness of partner + [/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]h[/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]ow much you've convinced yourself that you [/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][i][b]need[/b][/i][/size][/font][/color][color=#282828][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] the bass[/size][/font][/color]
[size=3][font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][color=#282828]Mot = Length of remaining MOT on car[/color]
[color=#282828]Aohg = Average age of all household electrical goods[/color][/font][/size]

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[quote name='dood' timestamp='1492430751' post='3280150']
Like the chances of anything coming from Mars!

#WarOfTheWorldsThread

#YesIJustHashTaggedInBasschat
#CompletelyPointless
#RandomlyRememberingVBScriptCoding

#LooksLikeWeAreInGMajor
[/quote]

Found this a lot funnier than I probably should have! :rolleyes:

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[quote name='AdamWoodBass' timestamp='1492473970' post='3280597']
Found this a lot funnier than I probably should have! :rolleyes:
[/quote]

He he! Thank you, it's not often people laugh at my jokes!!

Looking back though, I should have said B Major. But then, that's probably why people don't laugh at my jokes; watch me kill the punchline ha ha!!

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[quote name='dood' timestamp='1492503756' post='3280673']
He he! Thank you, it's not often people laugh at my jokes!!

Looking back though, I should have said B Major. But then, that's probably why people don't laugh at my jokes; watch me kill the punchline ha ha!!
[/quote]

Was it E.B White that said "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you learn a lot but the frog dies."

You were right with G Major though (or E minor)..... unless of course you were eluding to the fact that there were 5 sharps in total in the original post in which case I say well played sir, excellent wit!

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[quote name='AdamWoodBass' timestamp='1492514740' post='3280805']

You were right with G Major though (or E minor)..... unless of course you were eluding to the fact that there were 5 sharps in total in the original post in which case I say well played sir, excellent wit!
[/quote]

Yes, indeed I started with the one sharp then went for the five. Shame it wasn't C Major we were talking about as relatively speaking it would have been... wait for it... [i] A Minor[/i] error...

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[quote name='dood' timestamp='1492523103' post='3280907']
Yes, indeed I started with the one sharp then went for the five. Shame it wasn't C Major we were talking about as relatively speaking it would have been... wait for it... [i] A Minor[/i] error...
[/quote]

Gold! :lol:

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[quote name='Agwin' timestamp='1492383081' post='3279857']
You might need to factor in the law of Symmetrically Opposed Developments which states that desired outcome is inversely proportional to actual outcome.
[/quote]

dude, whats that mean?

If Im really looking forward to something, it'll be really bad... and visa versa?

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[quote name='Left Foot' timestamp='1492684835' post='3282256']
dude, whats that mean?

If Im really looking forward to something, it'll be really bad... and visa versa?
[/quote]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=3]"law of [size=5][b]S[/b][/size]ymmetrically [b][size=5]O[/size][/b]pposed [b][size=5]D[/size][/b]evelopments"[/size][/font][/color]

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