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Re:What does randomness look like? by Zakharov on Saturday December 22, 2012 @02:42AM (#4956078)
Henrik's math calculated the chance of missing the "I love you" piece each time. The chance of missing any one other piece each time is the same.
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Re:What does randomness look like? by martincmartin on Monday December 24, 2012 @02:34PM (#4963839)
Yes, but they're not independent. Given that you missed piece X, the probability that any one piece it's piece Y it's 1/7, not 1/8, so the chance of missing both X and Y it's lower than the product of their individual probabilities.
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