On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Shane Ginnane <ibm-m...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> On Fri, 4 Dec 2015 07:34:25 -0600, John McKown wrote: > > >too true. I may even start playing the state lottery, even though that's > >not really a good idea. I understand enough statistics to know that. > > Don't do that. > I was listening to the BBC overnight a few weeks back, and they must have > been amending their lottery to have more numbers so the ultimate prize was > bigger. > They had a maths/stats prof on - he said for the current lottery, if you > stood in line for six and a half minute waiting for a ticket you had more > chance of dying in that 6.5 minutes than winning the money. > They added more numbers, so the time delta went down accordingly. > > Sobering .... ;0) > Yeah. I remember a stats teacher on the TV saying something like: If you want to gamble, go to Los Vegas instead of playing any state lottery. You have a better chance of winning, and you'll have more fun due to the entertainment in the casinos' bar. Note from me: And the women in the casinos are prettier than the ones around the lottery machines! But that may be a terribly sexist remark which is emotionally damaging to the <elided/> women at the lottery machine. > > Shane ... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore is attempted. Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
