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Airspeed Velocity Of An Unladen Swallow

Posted by timothy on from the but-swallow's-not-on-the-list dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Finally, the question is answered: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? A designer with too much time on his hands uses his new method for graphically representing Strouhal numbers to clarify a truly pressing question for all armchair zoologists (and a few Monty Python fans)."

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  1. It's the European swallow by SuuSt · · Score: 5, Informative

    just so you know

  2. What does it mean? by Siener · · Score: 4, Informative
    Incedibly it seems as if some /.'ers are missing the reference. It's all about Monty Python and the Holy Grail

    The relevant pieces in the script :
    A swallow carrying a coconut? and The Bridge of Death

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  3. How to lie with charts. by blair1q · · Score: 3, Informative

    To imply similarity, make the graph larger than it needs to be. Then all of your points will fall in a narrow range and appear closer together.

    For this and other presentation crocks, read How to Lie with Charts, and its fore-runners, How to Lie with Statistics and How to Lie with Maps.

  4. If there was ever a day to RTFA.... by B747SP · · Score: 3, Informative
    Either I've been trolled really well, or this is actually really good stuff. RTFA slashdotters, this Strouhal write-up is actually a really good/interesting read. They've basically come up with a simple formula to describe efficient flight for all animals, regardless of size. Really interesting stuff.

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