Hedgecutter Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 47 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I blame the staff (apart from the advert wifie obviously). I refuse to use Trivago simply because of that overly smug bint of an advert lady. In fact, I'm considering boycotting Australia over it too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: I blame the staff (apart from the advert wifie obviously). The staff took a real dive downhill a couple of years ago, no idea what happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 hours ago, pandarilla said: Random question. If i wanted a flight out of Glasgow or Edinburgh on Saturday, returning on Monday - to pretty much any destination - what website would be the best to get a good deal? We don't care about where we're going, but it needs to be a flight on Saturday returning on Monday, at a reasonable time. My initial Google search hasn't been fruitfil, but maybe there's no good deals to be had like this. Sounds like an alibi being set up... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 10 hours ago, GordonD said: Previous draws have no effect on the odds of the current one. The odds against tossing a coin ten times in a row and getting heads every time (assuming an ordinary coin) are fairly small; I could work it out but can't be arsed. But if you've got nine heads in a row the odds on the tenth one being heads are still 50/50. So you're still on a 15 million to one shot on every draw. 15 million to one sounds like the odds of me winning the Edinburgh City half time draw...! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 9 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: At one point I got 10 successive heads. Cue Kenneth....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 I refuse to use Trivago simply because of that overly smug bint of an advert lady. In fact, I'm considering boycotting Australia over it too. Wid though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 5 hours ago, pandarilla said: Cheers lads. Nearly booked belfast or Dublin but the weather ruled it out. Might head through to the ayr game instead. Mods. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Has there ever been 26 named storms? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: I got a 10 in a row from just 30 flips (streak started from #20-#30). I changed the height/power of the flip each time. At one point it ended up in the bin (evidently a 1/146 chance). Serious business this. If this is you wanting to become a professional referee then I would suggest you have over practiced the start of the game and you need to do more work on everything else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight minge Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Has there ever been 26 named storms?Frequently in The Philippines.They have an auxiliary list of names (back to A).You can see the prepared list for 2019:https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.rappler.com/nation/special-coverage/weather-alert/220239-list-pagasa-tropical-cyclones-names-philippines-2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I read a story about a statistics professor who on the first class of each year would tell his students to toss a coin 200 times and write H or T on a piece of paper for the results.The next lesson he would flick through the homework and usually call out about a fifth of the names. He then told them that they didn't actually do the homework and instead just wrote a list of 200 Hs and Ts.Statistically, if you toss a coin 200 times there's a 98% (or something similarly high) chance of tossing seven heads or seven tails in a row. When we try to write a random binary list we rarely have more than four of one kind in a row.(I think I read this in Nate Silver's book The Signal and the Noise, which is quite good if you want an easy and relatable introduction to practical applications of statistical predictions.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Oh dear. I can see this thread turning all the posters into a bunch of tossers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 10 hours ago, tamthebam said: 15 million to one sounds like the odds of me winning the Edinburgh City half time draw...! Or the world's hardest TV quiz show 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Why is it that Gail McGrane's sole annual Reporting Scotland appearance is always the 14th February? It's as if the entirety of the fittest news team in the history of national TV has been whisked away for a long weekend of... well, you know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Also, what's with the little squares I'm seeing in people's posts? What does this mean? Example of what I'm seeing above: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 8 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: I read a story about a statistics professor who on the first class of each year would tell his students to toss a coin 200 times and write H or T on a piece of paper for the results. The next lesson he would flick through the homework and usually call out about a fifth of the names. He then told them that they didn't actually do the homework and instead just wrote a list of 200 Hs and Ts. Statistically, if you toss a coin 200 times there's a 98% (or something similarly high) chance of tossing seven heads or seven tails in a row. When we try to write a random binary list we rarely have more than four of one kind in a row. (I think I read this in Nate Silver's book The Signal and the Noise, which is quite good if you want an easy and relatable introduction to practical applications of statistical predictions.) I'm sure many of you have encountered the Monty Hall Problem. Lies, damned lies and statistics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Also, what's with the little squares I'm seeing in people's posts? What does this mean? Example of what I'm seeing above: Emoji's aren't loading on your browser/app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 35 minutes ago, Dele said: Emoji's aren't loading on your browser/app. Hmmm, I just installed the version latest version of Chrome and it's still evidently not loading whatever it is. Cheers though. #FFSdiv. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 How many roses should I give my other half today? 1? 6? 12? Or the full tub? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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