Seconds of all, there are only 4 chess games going on. I don't know where you got the number "8" from.
Ostensibly, the con-artist claims "I'm play 8 chess games against 8 players simultaneously."
What's actually happening is that he's using the moves of A against B, C against D, E against F, and G against H. Thus there are only 4 chess games going on.
Out of 4 chess games, there are precisely 5 possible outcomes:
4 winners: 45%^4 * 55%^0 * 4 choose 4 = 4.1% (I accidentally did 45%^5 before and got 0.17%)
3 winners, 1 game ended in a tie: 45%^3 * 55%^1 * 4 choose 3 = 20%
2 winners, 2 games ended in ties: 45%^2 * 55%^2 * 4 choose 2 = 37%
1 winner, 3 games ended in ties: 45%^1 * 55%^3 * 4 choose 1 = 30%
No winners, 4 games ended in ties: 45%^0 * 55%^4 * 4 choose 0 = 9.1%
(As a sanity check, the percentages add up to 100%)
In order for the con-artist to "win 50% of the games at least", there must be exactly 4 winners, thus only in the first outcome does he fulfill his promise.
This is high school level math. You should really review the material before lecturing someone else.
Microsoft isn't scared of the DOJ. In the last anti-trust case Microsoft was found to have committed monopolization and tying and yet they paid exactly 0 dollars and 0 cents in fines.
CONTEXT. I don't know the context of this guy's post on Twitter, but I think it might be safe to say that this particular case could have used a little more fucken intelligent analysis...
His exact words were "Robin Hood airport is closed, you’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!".
To take it a step further, what are the ethics of putting up tree spiking warning signs but doing no tree spiking at all? Now it's down to the ethical category of trespassing and littering.
Eco-anarchists have been terrorists for decades. Spiking trees, ever seen what a chainsaw chain can do when it hits one? People can be and have been killed by them.
Tree spiking is a despicable and dangerous tactic, but it hasn't killed any one (yet). The only injury from tree spiking was a mill worker named George Alexander back in 1987. He was seriously hurt but not killed.
I'm against tree spiking too, but let's protest with facts instead of emotional-charged exaggerations.
Took me about a minute to understand what you were saying. Next time, please do us all a favor and say "Some psychologists prefer the term 'client' instead to avoid the negative connotation associated with the word 'patient'.". This helps you get your point across and also enlighten those of us who aren't familiar with this particular piece of political correctness.
I boldfaced "some" because the American Psychological Association still use the word "patients". As long as one psychologist still use the word "patients" in this world, your statement is false. A little qualifier goes a long way and that's especially true in a discussion about over-generalizations.
The ruling party has been making a lot of predatory moves since it took office - like trying to get its own men onto the Election Commission, which under the constitution is supposed to be an independent oversight body for elections.
On a related note, 3 FEC Commissioners are Democrats and 3 are Republicans. The Commissioners are appointed by the President, thus ensuring that a third party will never gain a seat on the FEC.
Joe Biden's contribution to this presidency hasn't been in the form of policy decisions
If it was still a week ago, this statement would be true. But now that Biden changed the administration's stance on same-sex marriage, I would call that a pretty big policy shift.
Damn those tax dodging newborn babies, students, unemployed, retirees, and low-income families. The IRS ought to execute them all on sight, starting with the maternity wards.
The transfer fee is only $50,000 for an eternity which is negligible. There's no need for licensing at all. Acme Corp can freely use all the patents from all its subsidiaries since there is no law stipulating that you must license a patent.
Let me illustrate it with a housing example:
-Living in my own house - legal
-Living in a stranger's house - illegal, I'll be arrested and charged with b&e
-Living in a house I paid for but under my brother's name - legal, as long as he agrees
So the rule isn't "you can't live in someone else's house" (you can't violate someone else's patent), the rule is actually "you can live in someone else's house as long as they don't call the cops". Since the law can't force Acme 001 Inc to sue Acme Corp, Acme Corp can freely "violate" Acme 001's patent holdings.
Yeah, but I don't see why'd you use Mono on Linux when you have to run Windows underneath Linux anyway.
What do you mean by "you have to run Windows underneath Linux anyway"? Are you talking about the Microsoft compatibility stack? I was under the impression that Mono was fully FOSS and not reliant on Microsoft code.
I agree with your overall point though; there are dozens of much better languages to develop in on Linux, none of which share C#'s patent uncertainties and dark origins.
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First of all, it's "probability".
Seconds of all, there are only 4 chess games going on. I don't know where you got the number "8" from.
Ostensibly, the con-artist claims "I'm play 8 chess games against 8 players simultaneously."
What's actually happening is that he's using the moves of A against B, C against D, E against F, and G against H. Thus there are only 4 chess games going on.
Out of 4 chess games, there are precisely 5 possible outcomes:
4 winners: 45%^4 * 55%^0 * 4 choose 4 = 4.1% (I accidentally did 45%^5 before and got 0.17%)
3 winners, 1 game ended in a tie: 45%^3 * 55%^1 * 4 choose 3 = 20%
2 winners, 2 games ended in ties: 45%^2 * 55%^2 * 4 choose 2 = 37%
1 winner, 3 games ended in ties: 45%^1 * 55%^3 * 4 choose 1 = 30%
No winners, 4 games ended in ties: 45%^0 * 55%^4 * 4 choose 0 = 9.1%
(As a sanity check, the percentages add up to 100%)
In order for the con-artist to "win 50% of the games at least", there must be exactly 4 winners, thus only in the first outcome does he fulfill his promise.
This is high school level math. You should really review the material before lecturing someone else.
Does this guy take bets and where can I find him?
55% of professional chess matches end in draws. 45% to the power of 4 is 0.17%.
If he had claimed "he would lose less than 50% of the games" then he would be correct, but that sounds a lot less impressive.
My bad, I forgot about that.
I love how it's called a "plead bargain" for a criminal person, but for a criminal corporation it's suddenly a "out of court settlement".
Microsoft isn't scared of the DOJ. In the last anti-trust case Microsoft was found to have committed monopolization and tying and yet they paid exactly 0 dollars and 0 cents in fines.
CONTEXT. I don't know the context of this guy's post on Twitter, but I think it might be safe to say that this particular case could have used a little more fucken intelligent analysis...
His exact words were "Robin Hood airport is closed, you’ve got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky high!!".
To take it a step further, what are the ethics of putting up tree spiking warning signs but doing no tree spiking at all? Now it's down to the ethical category of trespassing and littering.
Eco-anarchists have been terrorists for decades. Spiking trees, ever seen what a chainsaw chain can do when it hits one? People can be and have been killed by them.
Tree spiking is a despicable and dangerous tactic, but it hasn't killed any one (yet). The only injury from tree spiking was a mill worker named George Alexander back in 1987. He was seriously hurt but not killed.
I'm against tree spiking too, but let's protest with facts instead of emotional-charged exaggerations.
Took me about a minute to understand what you were saying. Next time, please do us all a favor and say "Some psychologists prefer the term 'client' instead to avoid the negative connotation associated with the word 'patient'.". This helps you get your point across and also enlighten those of us who aren't familiar with this particular piece of political correctness.
I boldfaced "some" because the American Psychological Association still use the word "patients". As long as one psychologist still use the word "patients" in this world, your statement is false. A little qualifier goes a long way and that's especially true in a discussion about over-generalizations.
The serial number isn't the seed. Having the serial number doesn't help the attacker.
The ruling party has been making a lot of predatory moves since it took office - like trying to get its own men onto the Election Commission, which under the constitution is supposed to be an independent oversight body for elections.
On a related note, 3 FEC Commissioners are Democrats and 3 are Republicans. The Commissioners are appointed by the President, thus ensuring that a third party will never gain a seat on the FEC.
When you download the show it bypasses the ads leaving the show with pissed off advertisers.
By that logic TiVo is illegal. So is going to the bathroom during ads.
Oh, now you tell me.
Same media empire, different speakerphones.
Joe Biden's contribution to this presidency hasn't been in the form of policy decisions
If it was still a week ago, this statement would be true. But now that Biden changed the administration's stance on same-sex marriage, I would call that a pretty big policy shift.
I was hoping for a paid feature where Facebook doubles your number of friends.
Then I realized that 0 x 2 = 0.
47% of the "poor" pay no income taxes at all.
Damn those tax dodging newborn babies, students, unemployed, retirees, and low-income families. The IRS ought to execute them all on sight, starting with the maternity wards.
Protesting is not "an illegal act".
Licenses are not necessary, please see my response here.
The transfer fee is only $50,000 for an eternity which is negligible. There's no need for licensing at all. Acme Corp can freely use all the patents from all its subsidiaries since there is no law stipulating that you must license a patent.
Let me illustrate it with a housing example:
-Living in my own house - legal
-Living in a stranger's house - illegal, I'll be arrested and charged with b&e
-Living in a house I paid for but under my brother's name - legal, as long as he agrees
So the rule isn't "you can't live in someone else's house" (you can't violate someone else's patent), the rule is actually "you can live in someone else's house as long as they don't call the cops". Since the law can't force Acme 001 Inc to sue Acme Corp, Acme Corp can freely "violate" Acme 001's patent holdings.
Fees are waived for the first 50 patents owned
ACME Corp creates ACME Subsidiary #000001 through ACME Subsidiary #999999 and sells 50 patents to each Subsidiary for $1.
It's admirable that you're protecting small-business, but it's a lawyer's job to exploit loopholes like this.
The next set of wars will be resource wars (just like the last ones). Likely by proxy and likely 'low intensity' but they will be wars nonetheless.
I'm just guessing here, but unmanned strategic bombers probably won't be useful in 'low intensity' conflicts.
Theft of U.S. federal property I guess. It's a catch 22.
If the catch a predator people offered the perps $50k to come have sex with them, you might have a similar situation.
$50k to have sex with Chris Hansen? I'm in.
Yeah, but I don't see why'd you use Mono on Linux when you have to run Windows underneath Linux anyway.
What do you mean by "you have to run Windows underneath Linux anyway"? Are you talking about the Microsoft compatibility stack? I was under the impression that Mono was fully FOSS and not reliant on Microsoft code.
I agree with your overall point though; there are dozens of much better languages to develop in on Linux, none of which share C#'s patent uncertainties and dark origins.
The order of the battle has already been decided. Oracle is the mini boss and Microsoft is the last boss.