This is a Griffin iTrip FM transmitter (older model).  I used it, daily, when I was driving 600 miles per week.  The gold thing is the mini-USB connector.  It came loose inside the case.  The transmitter still works, but there was no way to charge the iPod while using it.

I've been reading about statistics.  I've read that it's a bad idea to compare 2 things, when all you know about the things is percentages.  I've been trying to understand why.
Example:

• Ask 100 people if they own a pet.  50 say "Yes," and 50 say "No."
• Ask 10 people the same question.  5 say "Yes," and 5 say "No."

Clearly, in each case, 50% of each group owns a pet.  But, imagine going one more step, and adding 1 more pet-owning person to each survey.  What happens?

• 51/101 people --  50.5% -- report owning a pet.
• 6/11 people -- 54.5%(!) -- report owning a pet.

Look at that!  One more vote, and the results diverge by quite a bit.  They aren't equally "stable."  The 10-person survey is heavily influenced by the addition of just one more vote.  The 100-person survey isn't.

I guess it's something like having 2 fuel tanks in my car, one with a gauge-needle that moves whenever I hit a bump.  They both read "¼" right now.  Maybe that's because I have a ¼-tank of gas.  And maybe it's because I just hit a pot-hole.  Which tank has more gas?  I dunno.  The unstable needle means I can't really compare the measurements.

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