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Re: Life ain't fair department.

Posted By: commie_bat, on host 207.35.236.194
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2004, at 06:33:26
In Reply To: Re: Life ain't fair department. posted by cara on Monday, July 12, 2004, at 21:11:22:

> Remember, even if the odds are fifty times out of a hundred of getting heads instead of tails, the probability EXISTS that you could get tails 55 times in a row.

Sure, it's possible, but if you flipped 55 coins every 5 seconds since the beginning of the universe you would have gotten 55 tails at a time only once.

So that's an awful lot of luck.

^v^:)^v^
FB

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Re: Life ain't fair department. - cara - Tue, 7/13/2004, 07:04:57
- Re: Life ain't fair department. - commie_bat - Tue, 7/13/2004, 14:23:10
  - "fair" is a cultural artifact - cara - Wed, 7/14/2004, 06:54:01
    - RUN AWAAAAAY! - OneCoolCat - Thu, 7/15/2004, 15:28:05
    - Re: "fair" is a cultural artifact - commie_bat - Wed, 7/14/2004, 12:01:58
  - Re: Life ain't fair department. - Howard - Tue, 7/13/2004, 17:42:33
    - Re: Life ain't fair department. - Zarniwoop - Wed, 7/14/2004, 03:54:48
      - Re: Life ain't fair department. - cara - Wed, 7/14/2004, 07:02:31

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