Falling light
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I was sitting with family discussing my grand-daughters facility with both German and English when I made the point that she knew the word for 'light' (as in a light installed in a room). As I said this I pointed to the light fitting in the room which fell from the ceiling as I pointed at it! This was not something that this light fitting had ever done before, though to be perfectly fair it was not very solidly installed. everybody else in the room was sitting some distance from the light and there were no obvious vibrations or air circulations.
PS David, I have done some work in Bayesian networks and am a great admirer of your work.
Date submitted:Thu, 24 Nov 2016 21:02:49 +0000Coincidence ID:8948
