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Thread actually started by the other, poser timvp
timvp in his "home office"
http://www.timvp.com/
Will the REAL Timvp please stand up?
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So are you saying that the outcomes of basketball games are essentially random?Well here is a math problem for you and you can give me your answer. You tell a friend that you have two numbers in your head between 1-40. They have four guesses to pick the two numbers. What is the probability that they guess the two numbers?
Is Kori better off without timvp?
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No, I'm just breaking it down so that a statistical probability could be made. It's the only way a number could be reached.
Sorry to have to pull that one out on you bro'.
That's cool.
Nobody liked this thread anyways.
We can state the problem this way...Well here is a math problem for you and you can give me your answer. You tell a friend that you have two numbers in your head between 1-40. They have four guesses to pick the two numbers. What is the probability that they guess the two numbers?
If we denote a wrong guess as a "0" and a correct guess as a "1", then there are six possible ways to get the correct numbers in four or fewer guesses:
11, 101, 011, 0011, 0101, 1001
The probability of a correct answer is the sum of the individual probabilities of each occurence.
Let us assume your brain uses a random number generator based on a uniform distribution, and further assume that the two numbers are distinct (the two numbers are not the same). Finally, let us assume the order chosen does not matter.
The first case above can then be calculated as (2/40)(1/39) = .001282
Second case: (2/40)(38/39)(1/38) = .001282
Third case: (38/40)(2/39)(1/38) = .001282
Fourth case: (38/40)(37/39)(2/38)(1/37) = .001282
Fifth case: (38/40)(2/39)(37/38)(1/37) = .001282
Sixth case: (2/40)(38/39)(37/38)(1/37) = .001282
Total = .00769
Since we're on the theme of off-the-wall hypotheticals...
Would you trade Manu for Kenyon Martin?
Well Tim, why didn't the Spurs blow out the Rockets? I remember Manu not playing in the entire second half.
Two games and you've come to the conclusion that Manu isn't needed? That we’re better without him?
How about when the Spurs went 4 of 6 with Tim on the sideline March of last season. We hit the 107, 108, and 113 point marks without him. Guess he isn't needed, using Timvp's wonderfully genius logic.
So are you saying that the chances of Manu missing two of the Spurs' four biggest wins due to some random occurance are less than 8%?
Interesting.
Umm.. read the thread Writer. timvp didn't make any conclusions. He just posted the thread as food for thought.
That we’re better without him?
Could The Spurs Be Better Without Manu?
As usual, the meaning of a thread escapes TheWriter.
Yeah those are questions, not conclusions.
Is TheWriter blind to question marks?
Question?
The meaning of this thread is that you saw the Spurs win the two games Manu was out injured and it somehow crept into your brain that "maybe" the Spurs could be better off without out him, better even. Right? Because you had to to even start the thread.
All I am doing is pointing out the flawed logic in such thinking.
I saw the question mark, but you wouldn't of even posed the question if you didn't slightly believe it yourself.
Wrong.
I just pointed out the numbers so you could make your own conclusion. If that is too difficult for you to comprehend, then just press back on your browser and check out other threads.
Thanks.
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