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Cicero · 05-20-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Alien wearing 'I'm hiding from the cops' T-shirt arrested

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I thought according to new Arizona law that they all were wearing the t-shirt. Oh wait.....this is not the politics thread.

Shawnee123 · 05-21-2010, 09:37 AM

Get Dora back to her OWN damn country...um, er...wherever that is.

LEAVE DORA ALONE!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052100863.html

Cicero · 05-21-2010, 09:55 PM

Interesting choice of words from Delay on gun ban and now I am stuck with a horrible mental image:
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/daley.g...2.1707469.html

Then the odd explanation after the original choice of words:
"Asked what prompted him to pick up the rifle in the first place, Daley said, "It was a gun with a bayonet. … just think, a gun with a bayonet. What is a bayonet used for?"

jinx · 05-21-2010, 09:58 PM

classicman · 05-24-2010, 11:55 AM

Son, father and grandfather all born on same day

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A family has defied the odds to have a son, father and grandfather all born on the same day.

When Benjamin Fox arrived in the world on May 8 he shared the same birthday as not only his father Lee but also his grandfather Harry.

Bookmakers have worked out the odds of three generations of the same family all having boys born on the same day as 272,910 to one.

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Those odds seem way too low.

glatt · 05-24-2010, 12:02 PM

If it were perfectly random, those might be the odds (I'm not going to do any math here.) But since the people involved have a tremendous influence over the outcome you can get the odds to be close to 100%. I'd bet you could easily make the odds 50/50 without even trying that hard.

Pie · 05-24-2010, 12:02 PM

Still means there's around 23,817 of them, given a global population of 6.5B.

classicman · 05-24-2010, 12:39 PM

I know what you are saying, but none of them were born by C-section. They were all natural births. Still you can plan the beginning to get the end date sorta close, but as Pie said - that would mean there are 23+ thousand of them.
Either way its still kinda weird.

glatt · 05-24-2010, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

I know what you are saying, but none of them were born by C-section. They were all natural births. Still you can plan the beginning to get the end date sorta close, but as Pie said - that would mean there are 23+ thousand of them.
Either way its still kinda weird.

You can also induce. And each generation has a dozen tries or so to get it right. If you make it a priority.

If it's random, then yeah, it's pretty unlikely. But if you were weird and made it a priority, you could pretty much nail it. Eventually.

classicman · 05-24-2010, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

I know what you are saying, but none of them were born by C-section.

The initial article and I were wrong....Updated info.

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Lee's partner, Lisa Baker, 33, spent a hefty 36 hours in labour at King George's Hospital before baby Benjamin, was eventually delivered by emergency Caesarean section at 11:55am

squirell nutkin · 05-24-2010, 01:47 PM

My dad, my son and I are all born on the 30th of different months. What are the odds of that?

Pete Zicato · 05-24-2010, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

My dad, my son and I are all born on the 30th of different months. What are the odds of that?

Well it's been a while since I took stats, but lets see if I can get it.

The odds of any one of you being born on a 30th is 12/365. Twelve 30ths in a year. 365 days in a year.

The odds of all of you being born on a 30th is the odds of each one multipled together so (12^3) / (365^3).

Pretty sure that's right.

Or perhaps you were being rhetorical.

Shawnee123 · 05-24-2010, 02:20 PM

The last child was not C-section, that much we know. The article doesn't say none of the rest of them were c-section, that I saw anyway.

So, Grandpa's son could've been c-section, then grandson was just close and they could have induced, or even drawn it out to make it fall on the right date.

I only say this because I was born on my dad's birthday. I was c-section.

Pie · 05-24-2010, 04:35 PM

There isn't a February 30th.

Pete Zicato · 05-24-2010, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pie

There isn't a February 30th.

Oops. Bound to get something wrong.

So that means singleton odds - 11/365.

All of them = (11^3) / (365^3).

05-21-2010, 09:37 AM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Get Dora back to her OWN damn country...um, er...wherever that is. LEAVE DORA ALONE! http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...052100863.html Attached Images __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-21-2010, 09:55 PM	#3
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Interesting choice of words from Delay on gun ban and now I am stuck with a horrible mental image: http://cbs2chicago.com/local/daley.g...2.1707469.html Then the odd explanation after the original choice of words: "Asked what prompted him to pick up the rifle in the first place, Daley said, "It was a gun with a bayonet. … just think, a gun with a bayonet. What is a bayonet used for?" __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

05-21-2010, 09:58 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	__________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

05-24-2010, 12:02 PM	#7
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Still means there's around 23,817 of them, given a global population of 6.5B. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

05-24-2010, 12:39 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	I know what you are saying, but none of them were born by C-section. They were all natural births. Still you can plan the beginning to get the end date sorta close, but as Pie said - that would mean there are 23+ thousand of them. Either way its still kinda weird. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-24-2010, 12:02 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	If it were perfectly random, those might be the odds (I'm not going to do any math here.) But since the people involved have a tremendous influence over the outcome you can get the odds to be close to 100%. I'd bet you could easily make the odds 50/50 without even trying that hard.

05-24-2010, 01:47 PM	#11
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	My dad, my son and I are all born on the 30th of different months. What are the odds of that? __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

05-24-2010, 02:20 PM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	The last child was not C-section, that much we know. The article doesn't say none of the rest of them were c-section, that I saw anyway. So, Grandpa's son could've been c-section, then grandson was just close and they could have induced, or even drawn it out to make it fall on the right date. I only say this because I was born on my dad's birthday. I was c-section. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-24-2010, 04:35 PM	#14
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	There isn't a February 30th. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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