wiganvillain Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Murkin designer? Snigger, Snigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I have my iPod on shuffle and the same song has just come on twice in a row. There are 3627 songs on the iPod, I'm wondering if any smart mathematicians can tell me what the odds of that happening are? 1/13155129 or 7.6*10^-8 - so close to the odds of winning the lottery It's actually.... 1 in 3627... 1/13155129 is the odds of a pre-selected song coming up twice in a row but there are 3627 ways that can happen. And that's only the odds if he just listened to two tracks. Assuming he was listening for a while the odds would be: (number of tracks listened to - 1)/3627 It was the first song that came up when I hit shuffle, then it came up again for track 2 of 3627. Here's another one - on Monday I noticed two particularly ugly women on the train. Today (Friday) I saw them again, but this was a different train line, and a different time. Out of a population of 4,000,000, what were the odds of seeing them on the train again? Obviously if it was the same day/time/line it wouldn't be that impressive but it was completely different. I should enter the lottery this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tegis Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 Deadliest Catch Captain Phil Harris dies aged 53 Sad! I like the show, even though it's been repeating itself from day one, and Phil was a very likeable character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 12, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2010 Aww Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 Never heard of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I have my iPod on shuffle and the same song has just come on twice in a row. There are 3627 songs on the iPod, I'm wondering if any smart mathematicians can tell me what the odds of that happening are? 1/13155129 or 7.6*10^-8 - so close to the odds of winning the lottery It's actually.... 1 in 3627... 1/13155129 is the odds of a pre-selected song coming up twice in a row but there are 3627 ways that can happen. But it isn't because ipod shuffle is not actually random 8) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrissmith921 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 You could add to it further by suggesting that theyre not the only 2 duplicate tracks on his ipod. therefore odds are increased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Friday again..dunno whether to get pissed tonight or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 12, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2010 Friday again..dunno how pissed to get. Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 I've been to the pub for lunch. Life is good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 My house has finally turned up on Google Earth Street View. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 I will be spending all day today trying to find journals and articles on state terror, then skim reading them, taking notes, before spending much of the weekend pretending I've read them to write an unmakred 'literature review' by Wednesday for my dissertation justifying the worth of doing it. Fun fun fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 I will be spending all day today trying to find journals and articles on state terror, then skim reading them, taking notes, before spending much of the weekend pretending I've read them to write an unmakred 'literature review' by Wednesday for my dissertation justifying the worth of doing it. Fun fun fun...When you're a wage slave you'll yearn for the days you were doing that stuff, believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 I've no doubt. But right now this is just... a slog to say the least. Topic has my interest, if I do it well it genuinely (not being full of myself either here, advisors have said the same to me) could be a great bit of work. But this part of it is just ballache. I mean you've got to do the research eventually, but because of the nature of what I'm writing I have to read an arseload of generalised things nowhere near the topic. All to prove that the topic is justifiable as a new piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I will be spending all day today trying to find journals and articles on state terror, then skim reading them, taking notes, before spending much of the weekend pretending I've read them to write an unmakred 'literature review' by Wednesday for my dissertation justifying the worth of doing it. Fun fun fun... I have to do the exact same thing, although I've never done this before. Any tips? =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonno_2004 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Arranged another interview for Easter break.. sh1tting myself now to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 12, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2010 I have to do the exact same thing, although I've never done this before. Any tips? =/ Depends what you're struggling with to be honest. The research or the writing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Hmmm. Wait patiently doing nothing tonight as I get ready to be up at 8.15 in the morning for football. The joy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reality Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 **** it gonna get pissed. Blame BOF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 12, 2010 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2010 My conscience is clear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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