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(...) My knowledge of stats gives me less than 1 in one zillion chance of answering any random stats question correctly, but I likewise agree: The essential question is "If you reach into a bag with a red, a white, and a blue marble, then what are (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Here's his rationale, hopefully explained more fully (but I still think it's not quite kosher...) The time of the event--you grabbed 2 marbles there are 6 possible combinations in your hand r(1) r(2) r(1) b r(1) w r(2) b r(2) w b w those are (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm not a stats person, but I agree with your friend. r(2) r(1) is the same as r(1) r(2), because order doesn't matter. If it does, then you end up with more combos (w r(2), etc)... -- that's what I was going to say. But, I decided to run a (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) <long snip> you're right, in both senses. Your logic for the first solution is valid, and your identification of his error in the second solution (which would lead to the same answer) is also correct. It is, indeed, 33% Adrian -- (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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k, here's something that came across my desk... you have a bag with 4 marbles in it. 2 of the marbles are red 1 marble is white 1 marble is blue you reach in and grab 2 random marbles you open up your hand a bit to only see the colour of one of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) One day I hope to be Commodore 128th Fleet... or Atari 800. Chris <>< Remembering his friends Adam computer *snicker*... daisy wheel printer....rofl. (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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How to move a planet? Simple, sing some Whitney Houston or some Celine Dion, if that doesn't work, Neil Diamond will move even the most solid audience. And I will always love yoooooouuu...uuu..... I will always... love yOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuu..... (...) (22 years ago, 26-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) 10 Print "SYNTAX ERROR" 20 GOTO 10 ;) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) There's www.bricksinmypocket.org - and there may be a few things in the works soon, since a few of us have recently aquired sidekicks :) I have to say, most of the sites look pretty good on it too! (URL) Boger www.peeron.com (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Does anyone know of any good (or any) wireless web (WAP) sites having to do with Lego? I'm looking for some kind of price list kind of thing. Kind of like Lugnet's set reference without the pictures. Is there anything like that out there? Thanks (...) (22 years ago, 20-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Looks like Xterms on a Unix box to me. :) (22 years ago, 19-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I was basing this on the color scheme of the two windows open in the middle of the screen. They don't look like my Mac, but the Windows machines in the computer lab across the hall have the same color pattern. Bruce (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmm, I dunno. Could be any modern (or even semi-modern) GUI. Or is there something specifically microsofty that I'm missing? (22 years ago, 18-Feb-03, to lugnet.year.2003, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) They aren't just ignoring it and making it up! See, between the episode that said one thing, and the episode that said something else, there was a time travel episode. When they went back in time something they did (even if it was something (...) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) According to the World War I navel model, the belly is the most exploitable weak spot. Maggie C. (BTW Dave! Orange you sorry you couldn't be at work to deal with this yourself?) (22 years ago, 17-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Actually Star Wars uses the World War I navel model. Capital ships are the main combat units. Fighters travel roughly the same speed as the capital ships and are used primarily for harrasment. They have very little ability to cause serious (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) to (...) Obviously this disproves the inital assumption made by Starfleet that the Borg Cube would still be functional with 75% damage. It also shows that a concentrated barrage of fire overwhelms the Borg ability to adapt to energy weapons. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ya know, I'm not sure I've really seen ANY sci-fi shows that feature "realistic" starship tactical combat. They all tend to rely on surface naval formations at least a hundred years old... The only possible exceptions I can think of are Star (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I thought the story behind that was, that as Locutus, Piccard had insider knowledge of a borg cube's weakspot, hence it's rapid destruction. The Cube being basd on a modular repeating redundant structure means you have to destroy 75% just to (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hey Y'all: Does anyone know of any legitimate sources (VHS/DVD) for the following: 1. Neo-Tokyo (but in particular the short "The Running Man" by Yoshiaki Kawajiri) 2. The complete "Liquid Television" (but in particular "The Art School Girls of (...) (22 years ago, 16-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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