Orange Cars Have A Surprising Secret...

[M.D. Holloway]

Started reading 'Big Data' - great book. Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think [Hardcover]
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger and Kenneth Cukier.

They talk about how companies are processing tons of data in real time - finding out all sorts of stuff. They mention that along with info on flu spread and buying trends, orange cars are the most reliable. They don't say why just that they breakdown the leact in comparison to all other colors.

My Dad owned an orange Honda Civic - the first year they came out. It never broke down. Now, was it good because it was orange or because it was a Honda or both? hmmmm

“Big data” refers to our burgeoning ability to crunch vast collections of information, analyze it instantly, and draw sometimes profoundly surprising conclusions from it. This emerging science can translate myriad phenomena—from the price of airline tickets to the text of millions of books—into searchable form, and uses our increasing computing power to unearth epiphanies that we never could have seen before. A revolution on par with the Internet or perhaps even the printing press, big data will change the way we think about business, health, politics, education, and innovation in the years to come. It also poses fresh threats, from the inevitable end of privacy as we know it to the prospect of being penalized for things we haven’t even done yet, based on big data’s ability to predict our future behavior.

[widebody911]

Orange you curious why he bought a Honda in the first place?

[herr_oberst]

Orange you glad he didn't buy a Gremlin?

[intakexhaust]

Weird stuff. Looking back to the Can-Am years, the dominance in 1969 by McLaren orange cars could validate your 'Big data' book. Most would argue, the factory team was exceptionally prepared and the cars were reliable. But then again, in all the years of Can-Am, the majority of the start field were McLaren cars, many DNF's too with blown motors and other failures.

[svandamme]

Well considering hardly anyone get's an Orange car, it would be obvious that there are few Orange cars around that can break down...

[Zeke]

Orange cars are more reliable because they are low mile cars. They are too ugly to drive.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by svandamme

Well considering hardly anyone get's an Orange car, it would be obvious that there are few Orange cars around that can break down...

Yet purple cars are the worst...go figuer.


(I just made that up)

[M.D. Holloway]

The quickly points out that its all correlation - no cause - effect. Just raw data, take it anyway that gets you through the night.

[Chocaholic]

In the 60's, tobacco companies argued (effectively), that so much of the population smoked, the correlation with cancer was no different than it was with people who sat in chairs each day.

[matt f]

My orange '74 is a very reliable track car, and I think it's OK looking.

[M.D. Holloway]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

In the 60's, tobacco companies argued (effectively), that so much of the population smoked, the correlation with cancer was no different than it was with people who sat in chairs each day.

and there are more brown eyed people with cancer...

I have a cool book, written in the 50's - 'Lying With Statistics'.

This is why an education in math is very important.

[Racerbvd]

Orange cars are more reliable because they are low mile cars. They are too ugly to drive.

Sorry, but I disagree.

[Jferr006]

I think our orange car is adorable... but, it's probably as reliable as any other car. Who sits around coming up with this crap?

[ckelly78z]

Originally Posted by Jferr006

I think our orange car is adorable... but, it's probably as reliable as any other car. Who sits around coming up with this crap?

Scientists who receive large government grants, spew this crap out on our dime.

[recycled sixtie]

I think that it is time Lubey that you started your own "Stijn" style thread......

[M.D. Holloway]

aren't pretty much all my threads somewhat of that ?

[VaSteve]

aren't pretty much all my threads somewhat of that ?

There's just so damn many.


I waz hoping this thread was about a creamsicle center.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by LubeMaster77

raw data, take it anyway that gets you through the night.

those are lyrics from a re-worked C&W song - once those black clothed AustinTejas guys got a holt of it

and that brings up the issue of whether black clothing makes you mess with lyrics...

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by ckelly78z

idiots who spew crap don't understand science...

fixed

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Originally Posted by Zeke

Orange cars are more reliable because they are low mile cars. They are too ugly to drive.

Um.....No.