Quiz time

[simon c]

Thanks hexbaz

Just to close it out, you should switch as there is a 1 in 3 chance of winning if you stick and a 2 in 3 chance of winning if you switch.

I think hexbaz got it first but silentc worked the hardest for it - so it's up to you guys for the next one.

In the meantime how about a discussion on the question I slipped in to the middle of the discussion. If a computer can't pick a random number, how can you pick a "truly" random number?

[silentC]

Well, the reason a computer can't pick a truly random number is because given the same seed and the same parameters, it will always arrive at the same random number. That's easy enough to understand because computer has to do what it's programmer instructed it to do. You can't tell it to do something randomly without telling it how, which means it is no longer random.

Can you say the same thing for the human brain? If you are asked to pick a number between 1 and 100, is that random, or are you more likely to pick certain numbers. How many people would never pick 1 and never pick 100?

One method would be to have the numbers written on equally sized slips of paper in a box and draw one out. For it to be truly random, there has to be an equal probability that any of the numbers in the range could be chosen.

[craigb]

Is there a current quiz question, or has this forum morphed into the Stats forum?

[silentC]

I think the probability of there being a current question, with a 99% level of confidence, is 0.01.

[craigb]

Ha Ha

[silentC]

OK, Hexbaz is asleep so...

Who is this:

[craigb]

None other than the Pig of Steel, Captain Goodvibes

[silentC]

Keeerect. Your go....

[craigb]

O.K.
Continuing the theme, name this character.

[simon c]

Mr Natural?

Here's a tip craig. Next time you post a thumbnail make sure you change the name of the file.

Simon

[craigb]

Mr Natural?

Here's a tip craig. Next time you post a thumbnail make sure you change the name of the file.

Simon

Oops

You are right of course.

Your go.

[Kris.Parker1]

Gold, refined copper, Uranium Oxide Concentrate and silver

[hexbaz]

Gold, refined copper, Uranium Oxide Concentrate and silver

OK, I give up! Is this the answer to a question, or a partial question. Sorry, but either way it makes no sense to me.

[Kris.Parker1]

Just a reply to a previous question on the previous page (about three posts ago abouit Olympic Dam).

If you want a question here one is...

What are the tiny plastic things at the end of your shoe laces called?

[AlexS]

Aguillettes....or the Anglicised version, aglets