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Re:Please don't let gaming consume your life by shasta on Monday May 21, 2012 @09:03PM (#4005756)
Probability of 1.0? Are you sure you're doing the right math? What's the probability after 6,400 years? 2.0?
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Re:Please don't let gaming consume your life by humbledrone on Monday May 21, 2012 @09:20PM (#4005797)
I meant expected value, but I wrote "expected probably".
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Re:Please don't let gaming consume your life by SamReidHughes on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @01:25AM (#4006381)
That's still wrong. If you have x chance of surviving each day of rock climbing then you have an x^n chance of surviving n days of rock climbing, not a 0 chance of surviving.
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Re:Please don't let gaming consume your life by mertd on Tuesday May 22, 2012 @09:32AM (#4007682)
OK, by now we all know that GP meant expected number of fatal accidents.
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