Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Internet (2017)

Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by KozmoNau7 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @11:42AM (#16876819)

But the sequence is irrelevant.

HT is equal to TH, because in this situation we only care whether the two coins are equal to each other or different from each other.

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Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by Dylan16807 on Thursday April 19, 2018 @09:30PM (#16881503)

It's the percent chance that matters, so it doesn't matter if you can distinguish them. The cases still exist with equal chance.

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Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by KozmoNau7 on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:43AM (#16882901)

To elaborate, the situation as stated in the question is currently Hx, so HH and HT are the only possible results.

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Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by Dylan16807 on Friday April 20, 2018 @03:34PM (#16887838)

You can calculate 50/50 but it's not by ignoring the difference between HT and TH.

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Re:Shortest bit sequence that's never been sent over the Int... by KozmoNau7 on Friday April 20, 2018 @01:31AM (#16882365)

The first child is not an influencing factor on the second child. It's either a boy or a girl, 50/50.

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