Comments on: Number of men who will die in 2008 http://echeng.com/journal/2008/07/17/number-of-men-who-will-die-in-2008/ Eric Cheng's Journal Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:20:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Johnny Naked http://echeng.com/journal/2008/07/17/number-of-men-who-will-die-in-2008/#comment-2168848 Johnny Naked Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:45:29 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=1925#comment-2168848 <p>Just in case anyone who reads your blog is concerned as to what to do SHOULD they encounter a mountain lion, here's a YouTube link to a short video explaining the proper etiquette for just such a situation. (I'm not sure if it applies to sharks, though.)</p> <p>:)</p> <p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I4YXveVtWs</p> <p>P.S. My response, however, would be to scream... and then promptly be eaten.</p> Just in case anyone who reads your blog is concerned as to what to do SHOULD they encounter a mountain lion, here’s a YouTube link to a short video explaining the proper etiquette for just such a situation. (I’m not sure if it applies to sharks, though.)

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I4YXveVtWs

P.S. My response, however, would be to scream… and then promptly be eaten.

]]> By: dave http://echeng.com/journal/2008/07/17/number-of-men-who-will-die-in-2008/#comment-2168531 dave Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:36:59 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/?p=1925#comment-2168531 <p>I like the stats, but the graphic is a failure as its just a mosaic of numbers and doesn't represent scale graphicaly. And thank you for being more than bright enough to mention how relative risk is the only way to compare stats. I'm so tired of people reporting risk without taking into account exposure--measures of risk are irrelevant without it. (These are the same people who confuse correlation and causation.)</p> I like the stats, but the graphic is a failure as its just a mosaic of numbers and doesn’t represent scale graphicaly. And thank you for being more than bright enough to mention how relative risk is the only way to compare stats. I’m so tired of people reporting risk without taking into account exposure–measures of risk are irrelevant without it. (These are the same people who confuse correlation and causation.)

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