Re: Re: Re: Altruism @ Microsoft

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Surely they would be the same thing...?

1 in 4,210,857 of being struck (per second) would equate to a 31,536,000 in 132,793,586,352,000 chance of being struck per year.

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Gerard

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Altruism @ Microsoft by Anonymous Monk on Jan 10, 2003 at 15:05 UTC
Surely they would be the same thing...? Nope, not at all. Say you, Gerard, have a 10% chance of being flamed by me per second. This isn't the same as a 10% chance per year. Say I, the Anonymous Monk, decide to base the flame or not on a die roll. I Take a 10-sided die and roll it, if it comes up a 1, I flame, anything else, I don't (probably should be the other way around ;-)). Now, if I did this once a second and once a year, which scenario results in you having a greater chance of being flamed?	[reply]

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Altruism @ Microsoft
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 10, 2003 at 15:05 UTC

Surely they would be the same thing...?

Nope, not at all.

Say you, Gerard, have a 10% chance of being flamed by me per second. This isn't the same as a 10% chance per year. Say I, the Anonymous Monk, decide to base the flame or not on a die roll. I Take a 10-sided die and roll it, if it comes up a 1, I flame, anything else, I don't (probably should be the other way around ;-)). Now, if I did this once a second and once a year, which scenario results in you having a greater chance of being flamed?

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