Tape vs High Res

[Mr.Flibble]

@John_A_Leighton

So I am correct in your second example risk is a probability.

Not really, but I had to edit the last part to clear things up.

@Mr.Flibble

Edited: The probability of me getting badly hurt by standing on the top of a step ladder balancing on one leg in a strong wind is high.

Which is what this meant in my initial post.

@Mr.Flibble

while risk often incorporates both probability and the severity or impact of the potential negative outcome.

Way off-topic now

[John_A_Leighton]

The Cambridge English dictionary agrees with me as well, as it states: Risk is “the possibility of something bad happening”

Possibility is a synonym of Probability. Thank you for your clarification of this word. Now when someone says what is the risk of rain I shall say the risk is high, meaning a high probability. CASE CLOSED.

[John_A_Leighton]

My Teac tape deck sounds excellent with Dolby NR activated and powered by a £10500 PS Audio DirectStream Power Plant. 80s music never sounded so good.

[mjw (Here I am with a brain the size of a planet and they ask me to pick up a piece of paper. Call that job satisfaction? I don't.)]

@John_A_Leighton

When one uses the word risk it is how the sentence is formulated that determines its meaning. E.g, what is the risk of rain tomorrow? The risk say is 90%.

You’re conflatating risk with chance / likelihood / probability. This is incorrect.

When we throw dice we talk about chance not risk. When authorities plan for floods, they consider impact and likelihood. Major incidents, for example, an aeroplane crashing in a neighbourhood, has high impact, but low probability.

Returning to data, disk failure, user error or viruses are more likely risks than flood, fire or war. However, the impact and the cost to restore data are varied. As is the time to recover.

[SukieInTheGraveyard]

@John_A_Leighton

Possibility is a synonym of Probability

Not true in the slightest.

It is possible that I might win the Lottery. It is probable that I will not.

CASE CLOSED

[Mike_O_Neill]

Probability has a strict mathematical definition if we are talking about the probability of rain. My basic statistics is too long ago to get into that definition.

Possibility does not equal probability in this instance Cambridge dictionary or not

Possibility is Boolean, probability has a finite value in this case between 0 and 100%

[John_A_Leighton]

Since there is only one variable ‘loose record’ or ‘not loose record’ Probability and risk are the same.

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[John_A_Leighton]

@mjw

I think everyone would be more concerned about the cause of an EMP, than playing music.

This is not true. In World War II radios where given away so that people could listen to important messages and music, this had the function of boosting Moral. Take Dame Vera Lynn for example, she was flown to the battle field to boost the moral of the soldiers. So Music plays a very important role during times of crisis.

[John_A_Leighton]

There is nothing uncivil with what I have said, it is just a difference of opinion.

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