To: PatrickHenry
The best example of this is to shuffle a deck of cards, and then deal them out in their shuffled sequence. The odds against that particular sequence is 57! When someone notices the five extra cards you've snuck into the deck, you're going to be in a heap of trouble.
To: Ichneumon
When someone notices the five extra cards you've snuck into the deck, you're going to be in a heap of trouble.I must have had my reason clouded by thoughts of the lovely Mrs. Kerry. Well, okay. 52 factorial. And that computes out to be 8.06581752 × 1067.
1,056 posted on
05/26/2005 6:33:56 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
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To: Ichneumon
He always has been a joker.
1,119 posted on
05/26/2005 8:47:41 PM PDT by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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