tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post7120708399948316902..comments2024-03-25T14:09:59.347-05:00Comments on Augoeides: The Luckiest City in AmericaScott Stenwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-5924938047950401472011-11-10T16:59:21.924-06:002011-11-10T16:59:21.924-06:00@Chas: Considering the source I'm sure there a...@Chas: Considering the source I'm sure there are plenty of places where the data could probably be cleaned up with better scrutiny.<br /><br />As you note, the number of lightning strikes on its own is not really that significant, because areas with a lot of lightning are always going to have more of them. You need to come up with a measurement like the percentage of damaging to overall strikes if you want to even out the odds and get an accurate comparison.<br /><br />You wind up having to do the same thing with jackpot winnings - extract a percentage of wins versus bets to control for areas like Las Vegas and Reno that have a lot of gambling going on.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-1592334629160071412011-11-10T13:45:25.769-06:002011-11-10T13:45:25.769-06:00Colorado and New Mexico have lots of lighting -- t...Colorado and New Mexico have lots of lighting -- there is a reason why Nikola Tesla put his lab in Colorado Springs -- but why should that be "unlucky" for a community as a whole?Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-19358752339405655622011-10-14T14:53:38.448-05:002011-10-14T14:53:38.448-05:00Hey, I'm totally up for that. We could start w...Hey, I'm totally up for that. We could start with the magazine information and look for clusters, though my initial thought is that we would need to make sure that the data samples are being compared properly.<br /><br />For example - lightning strikes in San Diego are going to be low because it's the desert and rarely storms. More jackpot winners are going to show up in Reno and Las Vegas because more people gamble. And so on.<br /><br />So we would need to make sure those variables were being broken out per storm and per capita. The falling object data might vary a lot by weather as well - I'm not sure if you're going to get higher instances where people are indoor more or outdoor more, as I can imagine rationales for both.<br /><br />Anyway, it sounds like a fun project, and your help on it would be welcome.Scott Stenwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389664381513219613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7294505416127496842.post-14658474682308734182011-10-14T14:06:56.917-05:002011-10-14T14:06:56.917-05:00Hi Frater Ananael Qaa!! Hey, if you need any help ...Hi Frater Ananael Qaa!! Hey, if you need any help with generating the map of lucky places, feel free to hire me as your assistant. I will work for free! Gives me a chance to brush up on my Gaussian probability :) Odds are if we team up we would have a 76.3% chance of finding 10 other places. We can go in halfsies on a lotto ticket. :) I got dibs on doing the 1st rite tho, probably RO's Gate of Jupiter. Maybe thats also why he has so many followers? I need to move to somewhere luckier. Maybe we can massage the data so Bora Bora comes up on the list. LOL!PhoenixAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628182447302904322noreply@blogger.com