FTW

Quote from: mathsman on February 14, 2012, 04:40:06 AM

Why do you say that the odds of winning the lottery are 14 million to one? Could it be that you just took someone's word for it? You have done exactly what you accuse others of: accepting what the "authorities" say. I seriously doubt you have done the mathematics.

With a name like "mathsman" you've really let yourself down with your first post.

There are 49 balls in the UK national lottery. You need to pick 6. They need to be the 6 that are drawn from machine.

For the first ball you have 49 balls but 6 chances one of your choices will be pulled. 49/6. For the next there are 48 balls left but you only have 5 so the odds of that ball are 48/5 and so on for 6 balls.

(49/6) * (48/5) * (47/4) * (46/3) * (45/2) * (44/1) = 13,983,816 to 1 or ~ 14 million to 1

If you doubt my maths, use an on-line calculator like this one to double check.

Quote from: Thork on February 14, 2012, 04:52:49 AM

Quote from: mathsman on February 14, 2012, 04:40:06 AM

Why do you say that the odds of winning the lottery are 14 million to one? Could it be that you just took someone's word for it? You have done exactly what you accuse others of: accepting what the "authorities" say. I seriously doubt you have done the mathematics.

With a name like "mathsman" you've really let yourself down with your first post.

There are 49 balls in the UK national lottery. You need to pick 6. They need to be the 6 that are drawn from machine.

For the first ball you have 49 balls but 6 chances one of your choices will be pulled. 49/6. For the next there are 48 balls left but you only have 5 so the odds of that ball are 48/5 and so on for 6 balls.

(49/6) * (48/5) * (47/4) * (46/3) * (45/2) * (44/1) = 13,983,816 to 1 or ~ 14 million to 1

If you doubt my maths, use an on-line calculator like this one to double check.

I think my Yr 8 maths teacher introduced probability to us this way using lottery as an example, and pretty much in the same fashion as Thork. I really couldn't be bothered checking the maths on it though.

Quote from: Mr Pseudonym on February 14, 2012, 05:15:58 AM

Quote from: Thork on February 14, 2012, 04:52:49 AM

Quote from: mathsman on February 14, 2012, 04:40:06 AM

Why do you say that the odds of winning the lottery are 14 million to one? Could it be that you just took someone's word for it? You have done exactly what you accuse others of: accepting what the "authorities" say. I seriously doubt you have done the mathematics.

With a name like "mathsman" you've really let yourself down with your first post.

There are 49 balls in the UK national lottery. You need to pick 6. They need to be the 6 that are drawn from machine.

For the first ball you have 49 balls but 6 chances one of your choices will be pulled. 49/6. For the next there are 48 balls left but you only have 5 so the odds of that ball are 48/5 and so on for 6 balls.

(49/6) * (48/5) * (47/4) * (46/3) * (45/2) * (44/1) = 13,983,816 to 1 or ~ 14 million to 1

If you doubt my maths, use an on-line calculator like this one to double check.

I think my Yr 8 maths teacher introduced probability to us this way using lottery as an example, and pretty much in the same fashion as Thork. I really couldn't be bothered checking the maths on it though.

I'm not sure if this can really be called a win because Thork didn't mention which lottery he was referring to before mathsman asked.

No, you're just wrong.  One way or the other mathsman assumed that Thork was as dumb as he was and really didn't understand lottery odds, and got thoroughly owned.

Quote from: Roundy the Truthinessist on February 14, 2012, 08:07:56 PM

No, you're just wrong.  One way or the other mathsman assumed that Thork was as dumb as he was and really didn't understand lottery odds, and got thoroughly owned.

Not necessarily.  The odds of a single ticket hitting the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 175 million.  If you're used to looking at those kind of odds, then 1 in 14 million can seem unusually favorable.  It all depends on the parameters of the lottery.

I'm not sure if this can really be called a win because Thork didn't mention which lottery he was referring to before mathsman asked.

Not necessarily.  The odds of a single ticket hitting the Powerball jackpot is 1 in 175 million.  If you're used to looking at those kind of odds, then 1 in 14 million can seem unusually favorable.  It all depends on the parameters of the lottery.

I stand corrected. Well done.

Any way you look at it Thork owned him.

Quote from: zarg on February 15, 2012, 07:43:51 AM

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Yes, this is all real. Yes, the Earth is flat.

Hey Tom, why'd you delete your post?

I felt it was low content. You should take heed and consider deleting more of your posts.

So what reason did mathsman have to assume that Thork was talking about the Powerball, or some other such lottery?  There are plenty of single state lottery jackpots with much more favorable odds than that. 

Even mathsman was gracious enough to admit that I was correct.

If you can't beat 'em, bore 'em.

Don't listen to The Knowledge when he says things about our motivations.  He's a bitter, lonely loser who seems to have chosen his name ironically in a pathetic attempt to mask that fact that he's functionally retarded and whose idea of social interaction appears to be spending all day on an internet forum needlessly berating its members.  I suspect he isn't hugged enough as a child.

When I was a virgin (it was back in the 20th century some time) I was concerned and worried about being a virgin. I thought about it a lot and desperately wanted to not be a virgin. However after fooling my first victim into giving me free sex, I suddenly stopped worrying about being a virgin. So being a non-virgin is not a lot like being a virgin. Being a non-virgin is an important step in life to making you stop hating everything and everyone. Please select any of the angry noobs as a case study. They are not angry about earth's shape. They are furious about being virgins. Being unable to do anything about being virgins, they come here instead and pretend to be astronauts or ice-wall guards or MiG-pilots or anyone else who fits into a group that is unlikely to be a virgin. Virgins lie about being virgins. Virgins despise themselves for being virgins. Virgins are furious that they are still virgins. Being a virgin is nothing like being a non-virgin. Being a virgin sucks.

Quote from: Around And About on February 25, 2012, 07:30:19 PM

Nobody cares about your life, Thork.

Your girlfriend does.

You know what else is wrong on so many levels? Theft in multi-story car parks.

Quote from: Thork on March 12, 2012, 03:10:01 AM

Maybe you should read the private policy of the two browsers?

How can I, if it's private?

Seriously? You are encouraging him Wilmore. It doesn't even make sense!

Obviously someone could do these better than I, I'm sure, but they're kinda fun to make. And make me want emoticons of regulars even more. Though I can't seem to rescale Particle Person's myself without it looking like he's melting:


The world is flat, look out your window.

This may be Rawlsian of me but I do believe your analysis is most accurate.

Moonlight gives you cancer!

Now if only one of you could prove it.

It only looks round because steroids. Steroids everywhere.

lolwut

Thorkthorkthorkthorkthorkthorkthorkthorkthorkthorkthork (oh also i guess ilu A&A)

All your theories are moronic, the true fourth day of Hannukah is situated on February 21st. The Roman Empire truly fell in 2005 AD and they placed it on Jesus' birthday so as to signify the location of the Garden of Eden, in which Cadbury Creme Eggs are hatched and distributed to the four corners of the earth.

Irrelevant. As Cadbury Creme Eggs aren't free (gratis), I refuse to ingest them.

if you ask me the obfuscation of which (and by extension of self the resemblance) isnt of the highest order in any matter (not that it should of been a concrete matter in any case)

You guys are doing too much bitching and not enough vikinging.

Vikings won't save you when I EAT YOUR SOUL, MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

47745

Guys chill out I have the best avvy here (it's true)

Oops accidentally banned everyone, sorry lol






Bump

**** off, ********

There is nothing wrong with being gay, but being Gravity is just disgusting.

Quote from: Tom Bishop on September 05, 2009, 01:32:31 AM

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Quote from: Tom Bishop on September 04, 2009, 08:11:43 PM

The observer is looking down at the curved edges of the sun's light upon the earth.

What does this even mean?

It means that the observer is looking down at the curved edges of the sun's light upon the earth.

Quote from: Supertails on September 05, 2009, 02:17:31 AM

Thank you for repeating yourself and not elaborating at all when I made it perfectly clear I didn't understand.  I can now see why everyone hails you as FE saviour.

No, really, I'm still not totally sure what you're saying.  You could at least try and help, as I'm pretty sure you know what you're saying.

Quote from: Tom Bishop on September 05, 2009, 03:07:31 AM

The sun casts a circular spot of light upon the earth. The observer is looking down at it.

Lord Wilmore 17:43:13 Bamming the crap out of America.
China 17:43:44 Nothing, or nothing you can see ...
UK 17:44:12 Viewing the topic America is a self-absorbed douche.
Russia 17:44:24 Posting in China is my new friend.
America  17:43:22 Viewing America's profile
France 17:44: 05 Reporting a topic to a moderator.
South Sudan 17:43:47 Registering for an account on the forum.

So your constants aren't constant? Do your variables at least vary?

Quote from: Tausami on March 24, 2012, 01:20:36 PM

So your constants aren't constant? Do your variables at least vary?

Quote from: The Knowledge on March 26, 2012, 05:32:37 AM

Would now be a good time to tell you what I do for a living? Have a guess, why don't you.

You work as a test subject in medical experiments where your brain is subjected to massive doses of radiation?

Quote from: Irushwithscvs on March 28, 2012, 08:07:08 PM

Skyrim players run around killing dragons "just because they're dragons." Do you give any of them a chance? Nope. Hell, most players would have killed Paarthurnax if he wasn't labeled as an essential.

The dragon was acting suspiciously in the vicinity of Whiterun. I called the guards and told them about it, and then approached the Dragon (though they asked me not to) in order to see what it was up doing. The dragon then attacked me, at which point I drew my concealed-carry bow, and killed it in self-defence.


There was an investigation, and the Jarl's steward decided there was not enough evidence to warrant prosecution. I am not a racist.

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Quote from: jroa on April 09, 2012, 02:31:57 AM

How long did it take you to go around the Earth from Sydney and Cape Town?

Well, that's rather public knowledge. Isn't your Google working?

I googled Aeternalis's trip around the Earth, but did not have any success.