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But it doesn't matter how many nines you have after 99.9%, it is still not a guarantee that the desired outcome will come true, a 100%
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I agree. That's where infinity comes into play. The whole idea of taking the Limit of the probability equation is to show that, as N approaches infinity, the probability of anything happening approaches 1...meaning it always happens. It means that, if you do something infinity times, the probability of a certain outcome is no longer 99.999999+% (as it is if you do that something a quadrillion times), instead the probability of any possible outcome is 100%.
I've seen it...and I like it.
[ January 07, 2005, 02:54 AM: Message edited by: Orgazmo ]