2010/3/13 Ingo Klöcker <kloec...@kde.org> > Sorry, but your calculation is wrong. If the calculation was correct > then with 5 encounters the probability would be 1.25 which is an > impossibility. Probability is never negative and never > 1. (People say > all the time that they are 110 % sure that something will happen, but > mathematically that's complete nonsense.) > > The probability that the fake ID is rejected by all individuals is > (1 - 1/4)^4. > Consequently, the probability that the fake ID is not rejected by all > individuals (i.e. it is accepted at least by one individual) is > 1 - (1 - 1/4)^4.
Ah yes. That makes sense :-) . Thank you. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
