Post Race!

[dday9]

Not a single number lol!

[szlamany]

I remember years ago a whole bunch of us in the office bought like a 100 scratch off tickets - spent a $100.

Chance of a winning ticket was like 1 in 7. Sure as heck there was basically a dozen $2 dollar or so winning tickets.

[szlamany]

I just got a spontaneous stomach ache from watching the McDonalds commercial for the new mozzarella sticks with zesty sauce.

[Shaggy Hiker]

I don't know enough about powerball to know the answer to this, but I was told last night that there are 5 numbers from 0 to 99. I believe there can't be duplicates, so that would make the odds 99 * 98 * 97 * 96 * 95 or 1 in over 8.5 billion. The odds of getting 1 number right on a ticket would only be 5%, too. Is that right?

[szlamany]

There are not 99 balls - there are 69 balls in the main pool and 26 in the second powerball pool.

69 * 68 * 67 * 66 * 65       ...  1348621560
--------------------------      --------------   ....  11238513 * 26 = 292,201,338
    5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1                  120

And that is the chances of winning that I've seen on all the news stories - 1 in 292 million.

[FunkyDexter]

They changed the rules in the UK recently by adding in a bunch of extra balls and the odds of winning a jackpot are now 1 in roughly 45 million. Just to put that in perspective, the odds of being hit by lightening in the UK are roughly 1 in 15 million in any given week. So you're three times more likely to get hit by lightening this week than you are to win the jackpot.

The lottery is a tax on stupidity.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Ah, one in 292 million is MUCH better than what I had been told. Maybe I should rush out and buy a few dozen tickets?

[homer13j]

Ah, one in 292 million is MUCH better than what I had been told. Maybe I should rush out and buy a few dozen tickets?

Go ahead and empty your bank account. The jackpot's as good as yours.

[boops boops]

And while you're about it, stand in a field on a stormy day holding up the longest metal rod you can find. Even more chance that your financial worries will be at an end!

[Shaggy Hiker]

You may have a point there. I started across an open mesa (not quite flat, so there was a bit of uphill for the first mile then a bit of downhill for the second, but mostly flat) as a storm started to arrive. As I reached the high point, lightning began striking. At one point, I was looking at some shelter in a forested ravine (the only trees for miles around), while noticing that, since I was taller than the single signpost out there, that I was the tallest item for miles. I was thinking of making for those trees when a lightning bolt reached down and struck one of the trees. It seemed to be right in front of me, but I started counting and found that it was about a mile distant. A second bolt struck on the other side of the low ridge a couple miles away.

With all that, I wasn't struck. Therefore, it seems like buying a ticket would be a waste of time.

[Gruff]

There is a small rock outcrop on the way to Eastern Oregon over Mount Hood.
It's High desert over there and the clouds are very low.

The outcrop has ancient drawings etched onto it and so it is a popular place to visit.
There is a trail off the highway that is only about a half mile in length.

They actually have a sign warning against lightning strikes at the trail head as it happens way too often.

I suppose ones chances at the lottery might be better there.

[SJWhiteley]

They changed the rules in the UK recently by adding in a bunch of extra balls and the odds of winning a jackpot are now 1 in roughly 45 million. Just to put that in perspective, the odds of being hit by lightening in the UK are roughly 1 in 15 million in any given week. So you're three times more likely to get hit by lightening this week than you are to win the jackpot.

The lottery is a tax on stupidity.

With the odds (in the US at ~300M:1) and the jackpot as 1.3B, the math does work out (1.3B = ~700M cash) if you buy 1 ticket at $2. Or, just give a dollar to the government for NOT playing.

But people buy other stupid stuff, day in and day out, that leaves them completely broke. People aren't going broke through buying lottery tickets.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Yeah, only a few do from that alone, others don't. It's kind of a lottery.

[dday9]

I purchased 3 tickets today for $6.

[dday9]

By the way do y'all keep seeing the
"The lottery is at $1.3 Billion, divide that by a US population of 300 million and each person gets $4.33 million"

Image going around right now on Facebook?! I just want to scream "It's $4.33 you idiot!".

[Shaggy Hiker]

They get a pony, too, but it doesn't matter because it won't be happening anyways.

[homer13j]

A British rail operator is having trouble with something the Brits never see... It's called "sunshine."

Train firm Southeastern blames rush hour delays on 'too much sun'

[Shaggy Hiker]

We hear that a lot, which is kind of funny since I live in a desert...or a dessert, it depends on the day.

[NeedSomeAnswers]

A British rail operator is having trouble with something the Brits never see... It's called "sunshine."

All weather in general seems to effect rail operators over here, to much snow, to much wind, to much rain, to many leaves on the line, and now the wrong kind of sunshine!

Our railways basically only run when there is no weather!!

[SJWhiteley]

By the way do y'all keep seeing the
"The lottery is at $1.3 Billion, divide that by a US population of 300 million and each person gets $4.33 million"

Image going around right now on Facebook?! I just want to scream "It's $4.33 you idiot!".

To be honest, it's got to be simple trolling. No one can be that stupid...

having said that, I did see a comment "I'm a math teacher, it's $4 per person..." because, you know, you need to be a 'math teacher' to really point out the obvious. Maybe I'm overestimating the basic math that people can do...

[szlamany]

Maybe they were talking British billions - which have more zeroes...

[Shaggy Hiker]

I thought it was Japan that had all the extra zeroes?

[Gruff]

TMaybe I'm overestimating the basic math that people can do...

Never underestimate stupidity. It will get you every time.

[szlamany]

I thought it was Japan that had all the extra zeroes?

And the Roman's had no zeroes...

[Shaggy Hiker]

And their captains were generally second.

Ok, that one's a stretch, but I was told to do some stretching today and this is where I'm starting.

aye aye, captain.

[Gruff]

Customs officers find 2,435 pounds of pot inside fake carrots

[Gruff]

Cops Arrest Fugitive Who Sent 'Better' Mugshot

[szlamany]

Customs officers find 2,435 pounds of pot inside fake carrots

They must have been smoking inventory while making up those huge Dr. Seuss Carrots!

[Gruff]

Arizona city hit by 54 BB gun attacks in past month

Who done it? (My money is on the glaziers.)

[Shaggy Hiker]

Customs officers find 2,435 pounds of pot inside fake carrots

That explains a whole lot about Bugs.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Arizona city hit by 54 BB gun attacks in past month

Who done it? (My money is on the glaziers.)

Whenever they are confronted about it, they either give you a paned expression or a glassy stare. They say the accusation is just silly, that they're being framed, but that
s because they've heard that the eyes are the windows of the soul, though in their case their eyes are for windows to be sold.

[Gruff]

Upon reflection I agree. It's breaking news.

[homer13j]

Arizona city hit by 54 BB gun attacks in past month

You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

[Shaggy Hiker]

Less serious stuff is taking over.

[Gruff]

If you're not breaking stuff you're not moving fast enough. Burma Shave.

The right stuff is in the pudding proof (Or something along those lines...)

"So I told him to just stuff it." "And he really did. He stuffed that turkey to the max."

One hundred and twenty proof pudding. Now that's the stuff!

[Gruff]

C'mon guys. Don't leave me dangling.

[dday9]

I'm studying the dangling else problem as we speak.

[dday9]

The following code is easy to read because of the indents.

If condition {
    statement
    If condition {
        statement
    } else
        statement
    }
}

The following code is the same thing in a linear format, much more difficult to read... Which does the Else belong to?

If condition statement If condition statement Else statement

Thus appears the dangling else.

[Gruff]

Lisa Ling once did an expose' on me. She got it all wrong dang her.
That Dang ling. *heh heh*

[Shaggy Hiker]

She exposed you?