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Old Feb 5th, 2003, 05:25 PM   #1
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I am not math whiz, but for the past 5 minutes I have had the last recorded post on all five forum threads. This is no great feat, I am sure, but I was wondering how one might figure out the odds of such an event happening? Given the number of members in the group is one given, but I was wondering how one could figure out the odds of anyone of us having the last post in every thread? Any math Mavens out there in ehMacLand???
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Old Feb 5th, 2003, 05:30 PM   #2
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If a comic told a joke, and no one was listening, would it still be funny???
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Does he laugh at his own jokes?
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gg, does a tree fall down in the forest? Now, if no one is there, will the sound of the tree be heard.........especially if it falls on top of the comic???
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Only if he sees the humour in it.
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Visualization is not an auditory perception.
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The falling of the tree will be heard by the comic, with the axiom that the comic is not deaf.

But, will anyone hear his scream as the tree falls onto the comic?
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I don' get it... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> You see it as half empty, I see it as half full.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

If you have all that you need in life, then your glass is always full.
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Forget the philosophical discourse, what about the statistical equation?
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