From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 8 05:02:52 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id FAA07708 for current-outgoing; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 05:02:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from tfs.com (tfs.com [140.145.250.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id FAA07703 for ; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 05:02:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.tfs.com by tfs.com (smail3.1.28.1) with SMTP id m0tZHDr-0003wnC; Mon, 8 Jan 96 05:02 PST Received: from localhost.tfs.com (localhost.tfs.com [127.0.0.1]) by critter.tfs.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id OAA00869; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:02:46 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: critter.tfs.com: Host localhost.tfs.com didn't use HELO protocol To: paul@netcraft.co.uk cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard), jehamby@lightside.com, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Prognosis of 2.2-960107-SNAP In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Jan 1996 12:00:07 GMT." <199601081200.MAA00396@originat.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 14:02:45 +0100 Message-ID: <867.821106165@critter.tfs.com> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Isn't there some mathematical puzzle that says something like, you > only need 27 people in a room for one of them to have a birthday the > same day as yours? Given the numbers we have, we've probably got > every day covered. > It's not a puzzle, it's probability, and yes it is true, around 25 the probability goes above 50%. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.