tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post157008383596823500..comments2023-10-29T10:40:34.638-04:00Comments on A CS Professor's blog: OddsClaire Mathieuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-3963513410741872662011-12-25T06:08:39.369-05:002011-12-25T06:08:39.369-05:00Yes, there were not 10000 spots. I assumed that th...Yes, there were not 10000 spots. I assumed that the combination locks were chosen at random, but don't really know. It seems reasonable to assume that they have no connection to the numbers chosen for the car spots.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201150679841329835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-14756578548255902472011-12-24T18:40:32.528-05:002011-12-24T18:40:32.528-05:00There are not 10000 spots the number of the car sp...There are not 10000 spots the number of the car spot was a random number from a finite set of size a few hundreds, not 10000.<br /><br />As to combination locks, do you know how they are chosen? They're not random but chosen so that they're easy for the customer to memorize. (Maybe.)Claire Mathieuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10957755706440077623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-1416168806458509452011-12-24T15:34:40.135-05:002011-12-24T15:34:40.135-05:00So you're skeptical about 1 in 10000 ? Here is...So you're skeptical about 1 in 10000 ? Here is some evidence. Last Saturday I drove into a ski resort for a family vacation and left the car in a public car park, in spot number 4008.<br />At the hotel our ski locker had a combination lock. Combination number: 4008 again!<br />Still skeptical ?Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14201150679841329835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4068183698747623113.post-49779786483488911952011-12-04T01:20:08.723-05:002011-12-04T01:20:08.723-05:00How about the odds that in a given day when you lo...How about the odds that in a given day when you look at your watch the time is palindromic or better yet, the hours and the minute is the same... I have not tried checking the probability of such events occurring in a day...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com