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Why do manufacturers make ridiculous claims? RicodJour 06-18-2007
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Posted by RicodJour on June 18, 2007, 12:28 am
I mean, really ridiculous. It's insulting. Case in point:
http://www.grassypavers.com/

They'll support 97,000 PSF?! Most interesting - particularly in light
of the fact that the IRC allows a prescriptive soil bearing capacity
of 12,000 PSF for crystalline bedrock.

R


Posted by TVeblen on June 18, 2007, 7:35 am

>I mean, really ridiculous. It's insulting. Case in point:
> http://www.grassypavers.com/
>
> They'll support 97,000 PSF?! Most interesting - particularly in light
> of the fact that the IRC allows a prescriptive soil bearing capacity
> of 12,000 PSF for crystalline bedrock.
>
That is what I've always refered to as "fun with math". Like in statistics,
you can take any set of quanitative data and by cherry picking the scale you
can greatly exaggerate the results.



Posted by Aardvark on June 18, 2007, 11:05 am
On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:35:09 -0500, TVeblen wrote:

> That is what I've always refered to as "fun with math". Like in
> statistics, you can take any set of quanitative data and by cherry
> picking the scale you can greatly exaggerate the results.

Or as the Duke of Wellington once said, "There are lies, there are damned
lies and then there are statistics".

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Posted by eds on June 18, 2007, 1:30 pm

> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:35:09 -0500, TVeblen wrote:
>
>> That is what I've always refered to as "fun with math". Like in
>> statistics, you can take any set of quanitative data and by cherry
>> picking the scale you can greatly exaggerate the results.
>
> Or as the Duke of Wellington once said, "There are lies, there are damned
> lies and then there are statistics".
>
> --
> Registered Linux User 413057.
> Both Mandriva 2007.1 and Ubuntu 7.04
> You can have it all. My empire of hurt.
>
> Liverpool F.C.-more European Cups than all
> the other English teams put together :-)

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results in dirt. Growies need sunlight and water.
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Posted by Dennis on June 18, 2007, 7:22 pm
Most likely they are attempting to make the potential buyer aware that the
pavers are stronger than the roofing components they are covering. Green
buildings are the future in certain cases.

Point in fact is, there's nothing wrong with this type of advertising;
engineers know that a roof is only as strong as its weakest link....... they
are simply stating htat this isn't it.


>I mean, really ridiculous. It's insulting. Case in point:
> http://www.grassypavers.com/
>
> They'll support 97,000 PSF?! Most interesting - particularly in light
> of the fact that the IRC allows a prescriptive soil bearing capacity
> of 12,000 PSF for crystalline bedrock.



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