> > > I discovered something amazing earlier this morning: I am the most pathetic person alive. Why,
> > > you ask? Because I cannot, no matter how hard I try, win a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors."
> >
> > Really? I just tried it, and I won first time.
> >
> > Sam, does the computer just pick randomly? I could have sworn it was developing a strategy toward the end there.
>
> Ah, the power that can be unleashed by the human desire to personify.... No, the computer actually just picks randomly.

You have to admit, though, it does sometimes seem to be working against you. Especially if you're one of those people who can't ever seem to beat it (not that I know anyone like that). But, then, I never did manage to guess a true-or-false question correctly on the AP US History quizzes, way back in high school. Though I could guess the essays for full credit fairly frequently ;-}. But I digress.

The first game I played, my strategy was to pick scissors every time. The computer's strategy was to pick rock about eighty per-cent of the time. I lost miserably. Next, I picked paper the whole time (just in case), and the computer picked scissors more often than anything else. Then I just clicked on random buttons for the next couple of games, and the computer still beat me very soundly.

I think, for my part, it isn't a desire to personify, but, rather, a desire to prove that I don't necessarily suck quite that badly. :-}

Rock, Paper, Darien!