From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Apr 19 21:10:26 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96288B140D2 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:10:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 593FA134A for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:10:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ascua-000192-Up for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:10:21 +0200 Received: from pool-72-66-1-32.washdc.fios.verizon.net ([72.66.1.32]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:10:20 +0200 Received: from nightrecon by pool-72-66-1-32.washdc.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 19 Apr 2016 23:10:20 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Michael Powell Subject: Re: Raid 1+0 Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 17:11:13 -0400 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <571533F4.8040406@bananmonarki.se> <57153E6B.6090200@gmail.com> <20160418210257.GB86917@neutralgood.org> <64031.128.135.52.6.1461017122.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <441t61efpv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <13260.128.135.52.6.1461084740.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> <57166A7F.2030104@radel.com> <44929.128.135.52.6.1461091476.squirrel@cosmo.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: nightrecon@hotmail.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-72-66-1-32.washdc.fios.verizon.net X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 21:10:26 -0000 Valeri Galtsev wrote: [snip] > Even twin brothers are unlikely to die > during the same week or Month. This one is between fundamental assumptions > statistics is based on. > And yet I knew two identical twin brothers that did die at the same time! They were together in the same car when they were obliterated by an out of control jack-knifed tractor trailer truck. Was a long time ago, but it happened. Just because probability may, or may not, predict a thing does not mean it can or cannot happen. -Mike