good example, was Re: Every time ...

[Ed Gerck <egerck@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Alan Lloyd wrote:

> > Alan:
> >
> > Theory says that "how long your wife will be on the phone" does NOT
> > depend when you first noted that she was on the phone -- if this is
> > of any use to you, though it may already relate to your experience ;-)
> >
> > This also means that if you call someone and it is busy, you could
> > call right afterwards (just add the round-trip total delay time -- say, 5
> > sec) and your sucess rate should be the same as if you would wait some
> > minutes (as people normally do).
> >
>         I never call people - the phone is always in use :-)

Still, the same rule applies -- it would be of no use for me to wait a few
minutes before calling again .. it would still be busy ;-)

> > > or the number of times my mobile will drop out when using it (hands
> >>  free of course) in the car.
> >
> > I might be tempted to model it ;-)
>
> Go for it Ed - we need this world  wide :-)
>         ie the life time of a mobile phone call (in a car) depends on:
>                 the type of terminal, the make of car, its location,
> speed and direction, the mobile aerial array (height/power), other
> multiplexed services (capacities), etc, etc as well as the weather and
> what big lumps of steel around - specifically tunnels and bridges, or if
> a Roo has just hit the front of your car.
>
>         Whoops I could be supporting your theory that the more
> attributes things have, the shorter the lifetime of the object (the
> call). :-)

Good example ... got you!

Have fun with the Roos,

Ed Gerck