Become a fan of Slashdot on Facebook

 



Forgot your password?
typodupeerror
×

Comment Re:The problem with Probability... (Score 1) 148

... is that it is possible to flip a coin and have it land heads up 1,000 times consecutively - it can happen and is increasingly likely to happen in a larger number of trials. Same can be said for a "Sandy" occurring in consecutive (or near neighbor) years. One thing is evident - the east coast, sand bars, outer banks, etc, were formed and shaped by this type of storm. I expect the 700 year estimate is fanciful.

Just like a bunch of monkeys could be banging on a bunch of type writers and would eventually write the exact phrase that you wrote. Probably...

Slashdot Top Deals

"Protozoa are small, and bacteria are small, but viruses are smaller than the both put together."

Working...