Re: Handy Reminders

On 17 Jul 2006 09:58:59 -0700, king_ca@xxxxxxx wrote:

John Griffin wrote:
1. Every ball in the bin is precisely as likely as any other to
be drawn next.

2. That fact has an eerie ability to elicit hilarious squawks
from turkeys.

3. The only way to improve your chance of winning a lottery is to
buy another ticket.

4. That fact has been known to cause uncontrollable pandemonium
among the superstitious, the stupid, and the deranged.

5. Trying to refute 1 and 3 is fun.

6. That's fortunate, because that's all it is.

7. Any assertion counter to 1 or 3 in a discussion is just plain
old ignorance or compulsive adherence to silly superstition.

8. Any assertion counter to 1 or 3 in an advertisement for lame,
useless software is a blatant lie, unless it comes from someone
who is completely clueless and therefore too "innocent" to be
lying.

9. Probability of winning a 6/49 lottery:
a) 1/13983816 with one computer pick.
b) 1/13983816 with one ticket chosen by 1000000 hours of
supercomputer time by any algorithm.
c) 1/13983816 with one ticket bearing your lucky numbers.
d) 1/13983816 with one ticket bearing your unlucky numbers.
e) 1/13983816 with one ticket having combination 1-2-3-4-5-6.
f) 1/13983816 with one ticket bearing the numbers that were drawn
last time.
g) 1/13983816 with one ticket bearing a combination that has
already been drawn two consecutive times.
h) 2/13983816 with any two tickets chosen by any two of the above
methods.
i) n/13983816 with any n tickets chosen by any combination of the
above methods.

10. The history and the future of any lottery are two completely
separate and unconnected series of random events unless some
*** has been fucking with the machinery.

Feel free to ask for more handy reminders.

The world is flat !!

exactly your Majesty,
just give me 5 numbers for UK
and I'll settle the rest. ;)

rgds
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However, if the shoe fits, enjoy your walk.
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