February 17, 2014

#1331: Frequency explain

[Repetitive events are written in grey and arranged in a grid. Each statement pulses to black and then returns to grey at an interval characteristic of the named event.]

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|Heartbeat(0.86 sec)

|One birth(0.24 sec)

|One death(0.56 sec)

|Someone edits Wikipedia(0.67 sec)

|Someone buys a vibrator(2.99 sec)

|- style=“vertical-align: top;”

|China builds a car(1.89 sec)

|Japan builds a car(4.01 sec)

|Germany builds a car(5.8 sec)

|The US builds a car(6.95 sec)

|Someone else builds a car(1.03 sec)

|- style=“vertical-align: top; background-color:#eeeeee;”

|A European Union resident has their first kiss(5.53 sec)

|A US fire department puts out a fire(23 sec)

|Someone hits a hole-in-one(180 sec)

|My turn signal blinks(0.94 sec)

|The turn signal of the car in front of me blinks(0.9 sec)

|- style=“vertical-align: top;”

|Earthquake (magnitude 1)(2.43 sec)

|Earthquake (magnitude 2)(24.26 sec)

|Earthquake (magnitude 3)(242.6 sec)

|Earthquake (magnitude 4)(2426 sec, 42 min)

|Member of the UK Parliament flushes a toilet(10.06 sec)

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|An airline flight takes off(0.93 sec)

|Someone buys To Kill a Mockingbird(42.05 sec)

|Someone’s pet cat kills a mockingbird(1.82 sec)

|Someone in Phoenix buys new shoes(1.08 sec)

|Someone in Phoenix puts on a condom(2.05 sec)

|- style=“vertical-align: top;”

|Someone locks their keys in their car(2.43 sec)

|A Sagittarius named Amelia drinks a soda(7.79 sec)

|A dog bites someone in the US(7.01 sec)

|Someone steals a bicycle(24.93 sec)

|A bald eagle catches a fish(2.69 sec)

|- style=“vertical-align: top; background-color:#eeeeee;”

|50,000 plastic bottles are produced(1.27 sec)

|50,000 plastic bottles are recycled(4.64 sec)

|A bright meteor is visible somewhere(1.15 sec)

|Old Faithful erupts(5640 sec, 94 min)

|A fishing boat catches a shark(0.83 sec)

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|Someone in the US is diagnosed with cancer(18.99 sec)

|Someone in the US dies from cancer(54.34 sec)

|Someone adopts a dog from a shelter(15.6 sec)

|Someone adopts a cat from a shelter(21.3 sec)

|Someone gets married(0.75 sec)

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|Someone registers a domain(0.64 sec)

|Someone in the US buys a house(6.22 sec)

|Someone in the US gets a tattoo(2.06 sec)

|The star PSR J1748-2446ad rotates 1,000 times(1.4 sec)

|Someone lies about their age to sign up for Facebook(4.32 sec)

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|Someone breaks an iPhone screen(0.93 sec)

|A little league player strikes out(1.23 sec)

|Someone has sex in North Dakota(1.38 sec)

|Justin Bieber gains a follower on Twitter(4.73 sec)

|Someone in Denver orders a pizza(1.27 sec)

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