Reason I love my office #19 - G33KS R AWESOME
So this was how the morning's office email train went...
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:10 AM
To: officeDL
Subject: Lotto Max
Well....we won zilch last week. Anyone feel like trying again? It is 20 million this week.
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:43 AM
To: Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
I calculated what the chances are: 10 to the power of -12 It’s the same as pinpoint an atom within one meter.
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:48 AM
To: Sergey
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
So that would be a no then?
From: Richard
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:47 AM
To: Sergey, Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
What? Any atom? If you assume that the universe is infinite, doesn’t it imply that the chance of randomly pinpointing any atom within any non-infinite volume is zero?
Richard
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:50 AM
To:, Richard, Sergey
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Seriously?!? I have no clue what you just said!
From: Jim
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:48 AM
To:, Richard, Sergey, Traci
Cc: office DL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Yu gize are just too smurt for you’re own gude.
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:01 AM
To: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Atom radii vary for different elements, the term “atom radius” is quite sophisticated by itself as well. I took radius of “an average atom”.
What I meant: imagine line 1 meter long and one atom thick. There are approx. 1012 atoms there. Chances to win jackpot are the same as be able to pinpoint particular atom there.
From: Shaddyr
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:24 AM
To: Jim; Richard, Sergey, Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Did you calculate those odds using the hypergeometric distribution probability?
Come on, show us the math…
From: Jim
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:27 AM
To: Shaddyr
Cc: office DL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Shaddyr’s being a trouble maker!
From: Shaddyr
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Jim
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
pbbbbbt
*giggle*
From: Darren
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:52 AM
To: Richard; Sergey; Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
But assuming an infinite universe is silly. Boundless perhaps, but not infinite.
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:04 AM
To: Darren
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
What is the difference between 'infinite' and 'boundless' then?
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:37 AM
To: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
So.....seriously.....anyone in besides me and Maria??
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:39 AM
To: Shaddyr
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Nope, simple combinatorics. It is 7 of 49, so:
P = 1/49*1/48*1/47*1/46*1/45*1/44*1/43
From: Darren
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:41 AM
To: Sergey
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
The surface of the earth is boundless (you can’t walk off the edge), but obviously finite. As opposed to the count of real numbers between 2 and 3, which is infinite but clearly bounded.
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:10 AM
To: officeDL
Subject: Lotto Max
Well....we won zilch last week. Anyone feel like trying again? It is 20 million this week.
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:43 AM
To: Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
I calculated what the chances are: 10 to the power of -12 It’s the same as pinpoint an atom within one meter.
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:48 AM
To: Sergey
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
So that would be a no then?
From: Richard
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:47 AM
To: Sergey, Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
What? Any atom? If you assume that the universe is infinite, doesn’t it imply that the chance of randomly pinpointing any atom within any non-infinite volume is zero?
Richard
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:50 AM
To:, Richard, Sergey
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Seriously?!? I have no clue what you just said!
From: Jim
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:48 AM
To:, Richard, Sergey, Traci
Cc: office DL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Yu gize are just too smurt for you’re own gude.
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:01 AM
To: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Atom radii vary for different elements, the term “atom radius” is quite sophisticated by itself as well. I took radius of “an average atom”.
What I meant: imagine line 1 meter long and one atom thick. There are approx. 1012 atoms there. Chances to win jackpot are the same as be able to pinpoint particular atom there.
From: Shaddyr
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:24 AM
To: Jim; Richard, Sergey, Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Did you calculate those odds using the hypergeometric distribution probability?
Come on, show us the math…
From: Jim
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:27 AM
To: Shaddyr
Cc: office DL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Shaddyr’s being a trouble maker!
From: Shaddyr
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:29 AM
To: Jim
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
pbbbbbt
*giggle*
From: Darren
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 10:52 AM
To: Richard; Sergey; Traci
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
But assuming an infinite universe is silly. Boundless perhaps, but not infinite.
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:04 AM
To: Darren
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
What is the difference between 'infinite' and 'boundless' then?
From: Traci
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:37 AM
To: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
So.....seriously.....anyone in besides me and Maria??
From: Sergey
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:39 AM
To: Shaddyr
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
Nope, simple combinatorics. It is 7 of 49, so:
P = 1/49*1/48*1/47*1/46*1/45*1/44*1/43
From: Darren
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:41 AM
To: Sergey
Cc: officeDL
Subject: RE: Lotto Max
The surface of the earth is boundless (you can’t walk off the edge), but obviously finite. As opposed to the count of real numbers between 2 and 3, which is infinite but clearly bounded.