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squirell nutkin · 05-26-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

Okay, if you stipulate all three must be male, that narrows it down, but if you allow two children per generation that puts is back up. And in older generations the average number was higher.

My high school mate shares his birthday with his daughter.

I reckon Pie knows this already, but ... how many people do you think you would need in a group to give a 50% or more chance that two people share a birthday?

I completely suck at math. Like, my math could suck a trigonometry textbook through 50 feet of garden hose. But I guess at the most extreme you'd need 366 people to assure that there would be one duplicate birthday. (excluding a Feb29th)

But, and this is a complete I suck at math guess, if you only needed a 50/50 chance, couldn't you divide 366 by 2 and get something like 183?

But again, while I rock at geometry which isn't really math, I had to take college algebra three times to get a D.

Did I mention I suck at math?

Shawnee123 · 05-26-2010, 11:52 AM

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But again, while I rock at geometry which isn't really math, I had to take college algebra three times to get a D.

Twins again? I KILLED geometry. I loved proofs. Algae-bra is another animal. I didn't have to retake it but I had to spend some actual time on it.

Pie · 05-26-2010, 02:50 PM

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Shawnee123 · 05-26-2010, 02:52 PM

That sound you hear is my brain exploding.

In other words...HUH WHAT?

Pie · 05-26-2010, 02:54 PM

The Wikipedia explanation is pretty good. I'm not going to retype it here.

Shawnee123 · 05-26-2010, 02:59 PM

I wouldn't understand it anyway!

HungLikeJesus · 05-26-2010, 10:01 PM

You would understand it easily. It's just never been explained to you properly.

Flint · 05-26-2010, 10:08 PM

The computer won't let her understand it.

Shawnee123 · 05-27-2010, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

The computer won't let her understand it.

Fine. I didn't even try to understand it. Busted.

Maybe I'll try to understand it later.

ZenGum · 05-27-2010, 08:23 PM

[gazes dreamily at Pie]

Clodfobble · 05-28-2010, 01:35 PM

Hey hey! I knew that one! I just came late to the thread. Can I have some dreamy gazing too? I get more of the "blank stare" variety most of the time...

Pie · 05-28-2010, 02:40 PM

Clod's brain can get a duplicate birthday match using only 11.5 people.

classicman · 06-02-2010, 11:29 AM

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Police say a porn actor killed one colleague and injured two others with a prop weapon during a late night showdown at the Los Angeles studio where they all worked.

Police Detective Joel Price says the alleged attacker had been living at the adult entertainment business for several months but his colleagues told him he had to make other arrangements by Wednesday.

Price says Steven Hill attacked a colleague in the back of the building after work Tuesday with a machete-like weapon. Price says two others who heard the man's screams ran to help him and were also attacked before Hill fled the scene.

One of two people who tried to help died in surgery at a local hospital. The others are expected to survive.

ZenGum · 06-03-2010, 07:53 AM

If "prop weapon" had been a combat dildo, that would have been much better.

classicman · 06-07-2010, 12:56 PM

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A porn actor suspected of killing a colleague with a sword has died after jumping from a rocky hillside after a standoff with police.

Police Officer Bruce Borihanh says a "less than lethal munition" was used against Stephen Clancy Hill Saturday just before his jump.

SWAT officers spent part of the afternoon trying to talk Hill down from the hill as he clutched a sword. Borihanh says the 34-year-old actor fell some 40 feet.

Hill fled to the Chatsworth neighborhood hillside after leaving a house where he was barricaded for most of Saturday. He faced murder and attempted murder charges in Tuesday's attack at a DVD production center.

05-26-2010, 02:50 PM	#963
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	23 __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-26-2010, 02:52 PM	#964
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	That sound you hear is my brain exploding. In other words...HUH WHAT? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-26-2010, 02:54 PM	#965
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	The Wikipedia explanation is pretty good. I'm not going to retype it here. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-26-2010, 02:59 PM	#966
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I wouldn't understand it anyway! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-26-2010, 10:01 PM	#967
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	You would understand it easily. It's just never been explained to you properly. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

05-26-2010, 10:08 PM	#968
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The computer won't let her understand it. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

05-27-2010, 08:23 PM	#970
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05-28-2010, 01:35 PM	#971
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Hey hey! I knew that one! I just came late to the thread. Can I have some dreamy gazing too? I get more of the "blank stare" variety most of the time... __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

05-28-2010, 02:40 PM	#972
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Clod's brain can get a duplicate birthday match using only *11.5* people. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

06-03-2010, 07:53 AM	#974
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	If "prop weapon" had been a combat dildo, that would have been much better. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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