Miata Mailing List: March 1994, Message #148
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   From: sling@dseg.ti.com (Steven Ling)
Subject: team.net meeting/bounding cats/Borla sound
   Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 11:01:11 -0500

> From: "Alex M. Postpischil" 
>
> Eric Fancher suggested a get together for net users - how about
> breakfast on Friday morning or a particular place during the
> "socializing" Thursday night?

But who's going to bring the laptops and set up the LAN so we can all
talk to each other? :&)

> From: shaw@apache.att.com
> 
> One cat will never sleep on two Miatae simultaneously.  In general,
> N cats will never sleep on N+1 Miatae simultaneously.  Therefore
> you need to buy at most one more Miata than you have cats.

Ah, but what about the famous paper by Bernoulli and Bravo (1882)
that showed clearly that there is in fact a finite *upper* bound
in this case that can be approximated by (N+1)^G where G is the ratio
of the number of years you have been married to the number of years
you have not been married. Maybe some examples will help. First, if
you are 25 and never been married, then G = 0/25 = 0 and (N+1)^G = 1.
Thus you only need 1 Miata. This makes sense, because they are your
cats and you don't mind where they sleep. Now lets say you are 45
and you've been married for 20 years, G = 20/25 = 0.8 and (N+1)^G =
(N+1)^0.8. If N = 0 (you have no cats), then (0+1)^0.8 = 1 Miata.
That makes sense. If N = 1 (one cat), then (1+1)^0.8 = 1.74 Miata.
So about 3/4 of the time, you would need a second Miata. If N = 2,
then (2+1)^0.8 = 2.41 Miata. Now, you always need second Miata and
about half the time you need a third. This equation is especially
useful in explaining to your spouse the true cost of acquiring 
additional cats. :&)

> From: martin7368@aol.com
>
> I installed a Borla stainless steel exhaust system this weekend.
> [juicy details deleted] If you don't like loud this is not the
> system for you. Don't get me wrong, I like the stock "angry bees
> in a can" sound but this has a deeper throaty sound.

On the highway, after several hours of driving with the top up, do
you wish for the stock muffler? Or is it pretty tolerable at speed?
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