Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 13:51:16 GMT
*sighs, irritated*
*types*That is statistically impossible to prove. I've tried. *posts*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:02:15 GMT
*smirks, typing*
Ducks were the carriers of the Spanish Influenza virus; 21.5 million people died.
Hiroshima bombed 6 August 1945; an estimated 500 000 people died.
How is that statistically impossible to prove?
*posts*
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 14:07:20 GMT
*hands through hair*
*type*Is that counting radioactive fallout? Or the indirect effects of "oh, look, we have a big bomb now, let's use more of them!"
For a correct statistical analysis to be performed, either only direct incidents or all the indirect incidents must be included in the data.
And your argument is invalid anyway because it was the influenza virus and not the ducks that caused the outbreak. They just happened to be unfortunate messengers. *enter*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:12:33 GMT
*types* You just can't stand the idea of losing to a woman, can you? You know I'm right. *posts with a playful eyeroll*
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 14:19:20 GMT
*types*Gender is unimportant.
By your logic, in two years, rats killed more than nearly twice the amount of people who currently live in the UK and we should feed them heartily for it, knowing that they could do more damage if the opportunity arose today. *posts*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:21:53 GMT
*raises an eyebrow and types*
Christ, Sherlock. You need sleep.
My logic only applies to ducks and Hiroshima. Don't be ridiculous.
*posts*
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 14:27:03 GMT
*types*You told me to feed ducks. You then said how ducks (by virtue of being plague-carriers) killed over 21 million people. Rats were plague-carriers, killing over 100 million people. Should I feed them, too?
It isn't sleep for which my body hungers at present. I've gone for three days without sleep to no ill effect, and this is only the first night of skipping it. *posts, both amused at the energetic conversation and irritated that he seems to be losing the argument. And of course, cross from withdrawals.*
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:33:39 GMT
*sighs, smiles and types*
How 'bout knitting?
*laughs, pressing enter.*
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Sherlock Holmes
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 14:36:43 GMT
*types*Knitting. Boring. *enter*
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Irene Adler
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:38:24 GMT
*types*
At least you're not fueling an influenza epidemic.
*enter*
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 14:40:51 GMT
*types*That reminds me, I really ought to check on those petri dishes in the kitchen. John doesn't approve of my growing bacteria next to the stove for some reason. *posts**goes to kitchen*
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:46:09 GMT
Fascinating! I wonder what bacteria? What for? How's the growth fairing?
*wants to ask, instead types:*
Order in. I don't want you two dying of food poisoning.
*posts*
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 14:49:34 GMT
*posts with a smirk*I would never endanger the lives of myself or my flatmate from something as undignified as food poisoning. I have highly controlled experiments that just happen to take place in my kitchen. *enter*Actually, that's not a bad idea since this is not meant to show any form of hunger effects. I'll order from Angelo's since I won't have to pay.
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Post by Irene Adler on Oct 19, 2011 14:56:50 GMT
*smirks and types* And the kitchen is just where food happens to be. Think it over, Locky. *enters*
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Post by Sherlock Holmes on Oct 19, 2011 15:04:39 GMT
*types*I take great pains to separate all of my experiments from things that might be ingested on accident. Even the severed head in my refrigerator shares the shelf with nothing else. The only possible mistake one could make is putting salted toes in one's tea, and I make sure that all my guests know which sugar jar that is. The only way we could die from my experiments is if someone foolishly moves them. *enter, not realizing how strange that sounds*
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