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cavediver
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Message 290 of 647 (582863)
09-23-2010 5:31 PM


What happens when you mix humour and theoretical physics
Ok, in-jokes abound, but this should still raise a few smiles... I was in hysterics 20+ years ago when I first read it, and the effect was the same the second time round, five minutes ago...
If you don't find it funny, it just confirms what you always thought about theoreticians.
The Super G-String

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cavediver
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Message 522 of 647 (595390)
12-08-2010 10:30 AM
Reply to: Message 517 by Panda
12-08-2010 5:29 AM


Re: Lucky?
Well, yeah, I know it’s luckier to use your birthday and your phone number, but mine is 2111198139544997743, and how likely does that sound to come up?
I'm not sure why you find it funny. The chance of her own birthday and own phone number occuring in the lottery draw is astronomically small. She has a very good point.

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Message 526 of 647 (595398)
12-08-2010 10:55 AM
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12-08-2010 10:37 AM


Re: Lucky?
Are you joking? Any set of numbers chosen for a lottery draw are equally unlikely, that's the joke!

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cavediver
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Message 527 of 647 (595399)
12-08-2010 10:56 AM
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12-08-2010 10:35 AM


Re: Lucky?
So, which number combination should she use that is not astronomically small?
Clearly, any combination that's not her own.

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cavediver
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Message 530 of 647 (595404)
12-08-2010 11:32 AM
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12-08-2010 11:01 AM


Re: Lucky?
But everyone knows that it is luckier to use your birthday and your phone number!!
Luckier, yes. More probable, no. Admittedly the calculation is quite complex as it requires a convolution of the PDF (probability density function) and the LDF (luck distribution function), but the conclusion is that using your own details will always result in less wins that using someone else's - anyone else's.

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Message 590 of 647 (601294)
01-19-2011 5:50 PM
Reply to: Message 587 by onifre
01-18-2011 10:03 PM


Re: Funny for those in the over 85%
Love it
I'll see if I can dig out my favourite voice-overs for you.... watch this space

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