Comments on: Chances of my dog barking

By: alicia

alicia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:37:29 +0000

uhh that only adds up 2 50% Math FAIL

By: alicia

alicia — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:36:39 +0000

Failblog DUHH

By: Vince

Vince — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:09:01 +0000

I was about to say the same thing…if this was a pie chart (which it should have been, using percentages), the other 50% would be missing. This person really didn’t think this thing through.

By: meh

meh — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:02:34 +0000

Me.

By: TheRealWazzar

TheRealWazzar — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:46:28 +0000

Ummm, I think you’ll find the missing L was intentional…

By: chrisMR

chrisMR — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:30:50 +0000

its the probability that the dog will bark at a given event, not the probability that a given bark is due to a given event.
in the latter case, you would need to get to 1, that is, a given bark is 10% at intruder, 40% at reflection, 50% at X.
in this graph, it depicts that if there is an intruder, there is a 10% chance the dog will bark at the intruder, 90% chance it wont.
40/60 for the reflection.
you could have this add to 10,000 and it would be ok.
now for any given bark, perhaps there is a 1% chance the dog is barking b/c of an intruder. the title would likely be “Probability of Cause for My Dog Barking”.

By: WOO!

WOO! — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:08:23 +0000

100% chance of WTF are you talking about

By: WOO!

WOO! — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:07:35 +0000

actually I was trying to see what people were going to say and you might what to try and find the L on your keyboard

By: NippleyBob

NippleyBob — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:17:40 +0000

I believe the word ‘a’ does signify one.

Anyway, I like it.

By: Schooly

Schooly — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:21:58 +0000

Yeah, pretty much failed. Plus, I think that’s my neighbor. Dude, your dog is barking at the fact that you’ve left him all alone outside all day! Catch a clue!

By: sck

sck — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:38:33 +0000

Cute, but needs some more options.

With my dog, this graph would also include ‘At the evil, evil balloon’

By: Fizzix

Fizzix — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:29:04 +0000

But it is a probability graph, which leads me to wonder what the other options are that add to probability of 1.

By: bunnyrut

bunnyrut — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:06:43 +0000

it’s not a pie chart. it’s a bar graph. bar graphs do not need to equal 100%

By: crazykitteh

crazykitteh — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:03:41 +0000

What if the chipmunks are coming to kill me, huh? What happens then?

By: Nulono

Nulono — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:22:28 +0000

Recognizing archaic grammar FAIL.

There is only one dog being discussed, thus any gender-specific pronoun is known to be the dog. If just one squirrel were being discussed, THEN you’d have a point.

By: for the lulz

for the lulz — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:48:06 +0000

Yay for you.

By: for the lulz

for the lulz — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:44:40 +0000

The question that arouses. Why would there be peanut butter there in the first place?

By: Me

Me — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:09:09 +0000

Meh.

By: sublimation

sublimation — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:05:47 +0000

The word “his” is often just a generic pronoun. Also considering that the authors dogs gender is never mentioned, one cannot be certain. This is why I mentioned it. I’m not being a smartass, I’m just pushing for proper grammar and idea conveyance.

By: Nulono

Nulono — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:53:53 +0000

Clearly the dog. The chipmunk is a hypothetical one with no known gender.

Trying to be a smartass FAIL.

By: sublimation

sublimation — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:16:03 +0000

At a chipmunk or his reflection.

The chipmunks reflection or the dogs?

You should have written “At a chipmunk or his own reflection”

By: that guy

that guy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:20:44 +0000

what about the other 50%?? Just cause he wants to annoy the hell out everyone?

By: Fizzix

Fizzix — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:17:43 +0000

Title: Probability of Dog Barks by cause
Y axis: Probability of barking (percent)
X axis: Cause of barking

Better yet, know what you’re doing before you post the graph.

By: vikingwarbrides

vikingwarbrides — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:32:55 +0000

My old dog would bark 80% of the time, if a leaf fell in the back yard. 15& at the squirrels that caused leaves to fall, and 5% at whoever was at the front door.

By: MLD

MLD — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:30:52 +0000

*stabs*

Maybe I’ll drag you to the FailBog

By: jeff

jeff — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:21:24 +0000

haha

By: Fish Taco Salad

Fish Taco Salad — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:48:52 +0000

50%- Dog barks at owner because it doesn’t want to lick the peanut butter off his balls

By: I lose

I lose — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:01:35 +0000

Yeah, what about the other half?

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:59:09 +0000

I think it’s supposed to be read as; if there’s an intruder, there’s a 10% chance the dog will bark and a 90% chance it won’t. If the dog spots a chipmunk or a mirror, there’s a 40% chance it’ll bark, 60% chance it won’t.
I interpreted the graph the same way as you at first too. I think the concept’s a bit poorly executed.

By: Onion

Onion — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:49:12 +0000

Is it just me or does this guy get a lot of intruders? 10% is a lot.
Also, 10% + 40 % makes only 50%, what else will the dog bark at and why isn’t it included in this graph?

By: Onion

Onion — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:46:49 +0000

gee wizz.

By: WOO!

WOO! — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:04:46 +0000

on totally looks like

By: WOO!

WOO! — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:04:12 +0000

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