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Nobody really understood why Waisz wrote:
Nope, because it's infinite. You can do it a very large number of times, but not infinite.
Incorrect. The odds of continuing to miss that number drop very low, but never drops to zero.
Look at it like this: Every time you miss the number, you get an apple. When you hit the number, you get an orange. Now, you can have an infinite number of apples without having any oranges. Just because something is mindblowingly likely doesn't mean that it will happen.
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Palador ChibiDragon was naked while typing this:
Incorrect. The odds of continuing to miss that number drop very low, but never drops to zero.Look at it like this: Every time you miss the number, you get an apple. When you hit the number, you get an orange. Now, you can have an infinite number of apples without having any oranges. Just because something is mindblowingly likely doesn't mean that it will happen.
No, it does drop to zero at infinity. It's just that infinity is intangible.
Zaza fucked around with this message on 08-09-2004 at 07:59 AM.
