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Subject: Re: How many games are needed to find out which program is stronger?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 00:59:21 09/03/99

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On September 02, 1999 at 20:31:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>An interesting thing about probability is that you might get 1000 heads in a row
>with a perfectly fair coin.  In fact, that sequence is exactly as likely as any
>other run of 1000 trials (being 1/2^1000).

I thought it is different.
Take 2 cubes. Throw them. The probabilities are only equal for most combinations
but not for the sum both cubes show.



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