tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post3816058179055499997..comments2023-11-05T03:45:25.001-08:00Comments on God Plays Dice: Are food-borne pathogen survival times really exponentially distributed?Michael Lugohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671307315028242949noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-87161914783122739882011-03-22T20:59:46.874-07:002011-03-22T20:59:46.874-07:00You might enjoy one of my dad's papers on the ...You might enjoy one of my dad's papers on the subject (which is still cited): http://www.jstor.org/pss/3574133 or http://www.springerlink.com/content/v8132mm25x57560t/CarlBrannenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17180079098492232258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264226589944705290.post-2755415765758876432011-03-22T18:40:06.278-07:002011-03-22T18:40:06.278-07:00Well here you're making the (I think mild) ass...Well here you're making the (I think mild) assumption that the bacteria on the food would live longer than the cooking time to start with. <br />wiki says that some bacteria have lifetimes of about 9.8 minutes <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria#Growth_and_reproduction<br /><br />The heat could be messing with the frequency of birthsas well as the frequency of deathAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10716393385703376978noreply@blogger.com