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AstralAdvent
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does any of you know that thing about the odds of meeting someone and them having the same birthday as you. Isn't it like 1/36 instead of 1/365 or some shit?

This has been an astraladvent quest.

8/28/2009 1:45:49 PM

nastoute
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1 in 36?

that's fucking retarded

8/28/2009 1:46:41 PM

grimx
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1/365

[Edited on August 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM. Reason : only exception to that i could think of would be a feb 29th bday]

8/28/2009 1:46:58 PM

qntmfred
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but what are the odds the plane will take off if the pilot and the copilot have the same birthday?

8/28/2009 1:48:16 PM

nastoute
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I think the problem you're thinking of is if you have n (30 for a class... whatever) number of people in a room what is the probability that two have the same birthday

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem

8/28/2009 1:48:50 PM

LimpyNuts
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If you get a bunch of people together in a room, odds are pretty high that some of them share birthdays. Greater than 95% chance with 50 people.

8/28/2009 1:57:36 PM

0EPII1
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some two

8/28/2009 2:05:40 PM

AstralAdvent
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^^^ yeah that shit.



I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

8/28/2009 5:26:18 PM

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