Бойцовский клуб
Chapter 3
Asingleframeinamovieisonthescreenforone-sixtiethofasecond. Divideasecondintosixtyequalparts. That’showlongtheerectionis. Toweringfourstoriestalloverthepopcornauditorium,slipperyredandterrible,andnooneseesit.
YouwakeupatLogan,again.
Thisisaterriblewaytotravel. Igotomeetingsmybossdoesn’twanttoattend. Itakenotes. I’llgetbacktoyou.
WhereverI’mgoing,I’llbetheretoapplytheformula. I’llkeepthesecretintact.
It’ssimplearithmetic.
It’sastoryproblem.
IfanewcarbuiltbymycompanyleavesChicagotravelingwestat60milesperhour, andthereardifferentiallocksup,andthecarcrashesandburnswitheveryonetrappedinside,doesmycompanyinitiatearecall?
Youtakethepopulationofvehiclesinthefield(A)andmultiplyitbytheprobablerateoffailure(B), thenmultiplytheresultbytheaveragecostofanout-of-courtsettlement(C).
AtimesBtimesCequalsX.Thisiswhatitwillcostifwedon’tinitiatearecall.
IfXisgreaterthanthecostofarecall,werecallthecarsandnoonegetshurt.
IfXislessthanthecostofarecall,thenwedon’trecall.
