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utopia27 writes "According to article in New Scientist, a UK-based bookie will be taking bets for two weeks on major science benchmarks (specifically, odds of implementation by 2010). The ponies are life on Titan, 10,000:1,
gravitational waves, 500:1,
the Higgs boson, 6:1,
cosmic ray origins, 4:1,
and nuclear fusion, 100:1."
Duke Nukem Forever -- 25,000:1
(grin)
AC
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The ponies are life on Titan, 10,000:1
Gravitational waves, 500:1
The Higgs boson, 6:1
Cosmic ray origins, 4:1
Nuclear fusion, 100:1
The New Scientist getting a good Slashdotting: priceless
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
I am reminded of a certain phrase:
The lottery is just a tax on fools.
Mod me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!
I'm putting a few bucks on Longhorn having no security issues in the first month after its release. Unfortunately, the odds are 10000000000000000000000:1.
This always happens on the stories I was going to actually read.
I wonder how the calculate the odds?
-Mark
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain.
Stalk Steven Hawking, bet what he bets.
... Or just knock him down and take his winnings. Either way, Bling-Bling!
...Also, I didn't know Buggalo could fly.
10000000:1
Science is the Real TRUTH!
...and go to the bahamas by 2006:
1:1.
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He forgot the most important one:
Odds on the bookie being contactable in 6 years to pay out on all the bets he lost: 1,000,000:1
I'll take those 50:1 odds on transparent aluminum! Oh, wait, that was Monday. Darn.
I figure by 2030 or so my 6-digit UID will be something to brag about.
I heard that there is some scientist who has developed a system of four AI controlled robotic arms that will allow him to manually control the reaction. Apparently they hook into his nervous system. Could be interesting.
Norman Cook's Ode to Sl
10000000:1
My personal apologies to 10000000 slashdot readers. It is strictly numbers folks.
Good luck next time....
[I can picture a world without war, without hate. I can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it]
getting laid before 2010?
Is there a mathematical term for "when pigs fly?"
Didn't work, the reaction went out of control and fried the arms to his nervous system permanently...then the AI in the arms took him over and went on a crime spree
"Some things have to be believed to be seen." - Ralph Hodgson
10000000:1
My personal apologies to 10000000 slashdot readers. It is strictly numbers folks.
You should apologize to the frightened-looking "1" woman at the right of the colon...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Link can be found here or here.
$0.02 (CDN)
1,000,000,000,000:1
Now your sure this isn't another Niger scam?
> Could be interesting.
Don't bet on it.
Scientology: Must make minimum bet of $100K to see odds.
Greys: You knew the odds before we wiped your memory.
ESP: You already know the odds.
The Rapture: 666-1
Creationism: See Blind Watchmaker's Odds Book
And this bookie is offering a tax on those too stupid to realize how easy it is to skip town in 9-1/2 years.
So what you are saying is that millions of people think the "excitement" of a lottery that one has next to no chance of ever winning is worth $1 or $2? Wow, it IS a tax on the stupid. Kind of like paying $8 to watch Gigli.
any pig thrown hard enough will be indistinguishable from a flying pig.
No, quite the oppposite : you bet what Hawking *doesn't* bet. If you win, great. If you lose, then he wins, so *then* you knock him down. The bookie's term for this is "laying off" the bet.
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Please note, kids-- this is where grammar counts. See, The ponies are life on Titan ... and The ponies are: life on Titan ... convey very different meanings.
Global warming is neither science, nor politics. It is a religion.
3) Distribute the rest, anonymously, into my friends' bank accounts after *somehow* surreptitiously getting their account numbers. Explain my sudden wealth by saying "Yeah, it happened to me, too - weird, innit?"
:)
I've just added you to my friends list.
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