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Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
March 31 2014 01:04 GMT
#1341
On March 31 2014 09:47 SwizzY wrote:
Does teamliquid not have a diablo 3 subforum anymore? I've spent more time than I'd like to admit searching for up to date D3 threads and haven't found any.

Considering that RoS has come out and the game is actually fairly playable with loot2.0/nomoreAH I was surprised that noone has really been posting about it on TL.


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/diablo-3/

It's hidden for some people you have to manage visable subforums.
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
March 31 2014 04:16 GMT
#1342
[image loading]

okay, just focus on the idea. is that really possible and feasible?
it's some what like an orbiting wifi router
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phar
Profile Joined August 2011
United States1080 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-31 04:23:50
March 31 2014 04:21 GMT
#1343
On March 31 2014 13:16 icystorage wrote:
[image loading]

okay, just focus on the idea. is that really possible and feasible?
it's some what like an orbiting wifi router

If Google can do it with balloons, I bet Facebook could do it with solar powered planes (there are some planes that can go for a long ass time way up there).

Then again, if Google can't do it because of regulatory problems, Facebook may also not be able to do it because of regulatory problems :p


(Google is already doing this, there's a trial in New Zealand, and supposedly they're expanding to the rest of the southern hemisphere's 40 deg latitude. So Facebook has a little bit of catchup to do http://www.google.com/loon/where/)
Who after all is today speaking about the destruction of the Armenians?
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-03-31 20:34:23
March 31 2014 20:04 GMT
#1344
If an exam has 5 questions which will be randomly selected out of a pool of 10 questions (that we're given in advance), and I have to answer 2 of those 5, obviously preparing for 7 of them ensures that I'll be ready for anything, but what are my odds to be missing at least 1 question if I prepare for 5 or 6 questions instead of 7 and take a risk?

I used to know this relatively simple thing but now I forgot. Please help me to determine how lazy I can reasonably be. Cheers.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
March 31 2014 20:22 GMT
#1345
On April 01 2014 05:04 Djzapz wrote:
If an exam has 5 questions which will randomly selected out of a pool of 10 questions (that we're given in advance), and I have to answer 2 of those 5, obviously preparing for 7 of them ensures that I'll be ready for anything, but what are my odds to be missing at least 1 question if I prepare for 5 or 6 questions instead of 7 and take a risk?

I used to know this relatively simple thing but now I forgot. Please help me to determine how lazy I can reasonably be. Cheers.

6 Quesitons
Missing 2 Questions: 0%
Missing 1 Question: 2%+ Show Spoiler +
5/(10P5)


5 Questions

Missing 2 Question: 0.4% + Show Spoiler +
1/(10P5)

Missing 1 Question: 10% + Show Spoiler +
5*(5P4)/(10P5)


4 Questions
Missing 2 Questions: 2.3% + Show Spoiler +
(6 pick 5) / (10 pick 5)

Missing 1 Question: 24% + Show Spoiler +
(4 * (6 pick 4)) / (10 pick 5)



That was fun, give me more combinatorics please
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
Djzapz
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada10681 Posts
March 31 2014 20:35 GMT
#1346
Thank you good sir.
"My incompetence with power tools had been increasing exponentially over the course of 20 years spent inhaling experimental oven cleaners"
3FFA
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States3931 Posts
March 31 2014 22:41 GMT
#1347
Can someone please explain what LSB did step by step to me? Thanks.
"As long as it comes from a pure place and from a honest place, you know, you can write whatever you want."
LSB
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States5171 Posts
April 01 2014 02:33 GMT
#1348
On April 01 2014 07:41 3FFA wrote:
Can someone please explain what LSB did step by step to me? Thanks.

Lets say Djzapz want's to only study 5 questions, I first compiled a table of probabilities that he will not be able to answer at least 2 questions on the test.

He has a 0.4% chance of not being able to answer anything on the test. And a 10% chance of only being able to answer one question. I compiled the probabilities for 4 and 6 questions also.

Spoilered is a very brief explanation for how I arrived at the probability. Lets go back to the case where Djzapz only studies 5 questions.

There are 10 questions, lets label them questions "0123456789", Djzapz has studied questions "01234" (the order doesn't matter).

The probability of none of the questions appearing on the test is the probability that the test consists only of the questions "56789". This probability is the same as 1 / the number of combinations of questions possible on the test. In this case, the number of combinations of questions possible on the test is 10 Pick 5 = 252+ Show Spoiler +
Technically it is called the permutation function, however that is a mouthful Permutation Function
. And 1/252 = 0.4% (rounded).

Now lets try to calculate the probability of only one question he studied appearing on the test. I approached this by counting the number of possible tests in which he only studied one question and dividing it by the total number of tests.
For him to only study one question on the test he needs one question out of "01234", and 4 questions out of "56789". This means there are 5 * (5 Pick 4) = 25. 25/252 = 10% (rounded)

If you need clarification I'm happy to help
Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Three times is an enemy action. Bus Driver can never target themselves I'm sorry
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
April 01 2014 02:38 GMT
#1349
I studied that when I took my Statistics class.

I forgot everything by now
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Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
April 01 2014 04:20 GMT
#1350
Say I had an insurmountable amount of wealth acquired from private enterprise, enough to rival that of small countries. How feasible would it be to build Rapture?
Pinhead Larry in the streets, Dirty Dan in the sheets.
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11789 Posts
April 01 2014 04:55 GMT
#1351
Building an Underwater city should not be that hard, depending on depth of course, if you have enough money. Actually convincing people to live there would probably be a lot harder. And of course all of the SciFi stuff is not really viable.
Epishade
Profile Blog Joined November 2011
United States2267 Posts
April 01 2014 05:15 GMT
#1352
On April 01 2014 13:55 Simberto wrote:
Building an Underwater city should not be that hard, depending on depth of course, if you have enough money. Actually convincing people to live there would probably be a lot harder. And of course all of the SciFi stuff is not really viable.

Dahh shoot! That's what I wanted most!
Pinhead Larry in the streets, Dirty Dan in the sheets.
Mataza
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Germany5364 Posts
April 01 2014 05:15 GMT
#1353
The depth would be the major factor, really.
Last I heard underwater construction was a pipe dream, hindered by (strong) water currents and other issues.
The most feassible way to recreate rapture might be to build it above sea level and then let it sink to the ground.
If nobody hates you, you´re doing something wrong. However someone hating you doesn´t make you right
Simberto
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Germany11789 Posts
April 01 2014 05:28 GMT
#1354
I still think convincing a lot of people to live in what is basically a claustrophobic nightmare wrapped in a disatrous accident waiting to happen, for no good reason except that a lunatic wants to have an underwater city, would be a lot harder then actually building said claustrophobic nightmare.
Rollin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia1552 Posts
April 01 2014 05:36 GMT
#1355
If you pressurized the environment as you went down it would probably be quite feasible provided the structure wasn't prone to corrosion. Of course, as soon as the anything failed everyone would die, and living in a ridiculously high pressure environment full time may have adverse health effects.
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LeeDawg
Profile Joined April 2012
United States1306 Posts
April 01 2014 06:51 GMT
#1356
what are the chances that I can get a job acting on the 5th season of game of thrones, factoring in the facts that I did theater for about 12 years, but don't have the appropriate accent for the show?
:-)
IgnE
Profile Joined November 2010
United States7681 Posts
April 01 2014 06:52 GMT
#1357
0%
The unrealistic sound of these propositions is indicative, not of their utopian character, but of the strength of the forces which prevent their realization.
rebdomine
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
6040 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-04-01 07:12:52
April 01 2014 07:12 GMT
#1358
On April 01 2014 15:52 IgnE wrote:
0%


He can probably land a role as some extra random person with no speaking lines at all!
"Just because you are correct doesn't mean you are right!"
Levistus
Profile Joined December 2009
1134 Posts
April 01 2014 07:24 GMT
#1359
If a serial killer and rapist rapes then murders my daughter, what would be the punishment if i murder him? Would it be the same as other murderers or will this be a special case? like do i get 5-10 less years in prison? i wonder if the president would pardon me if the killer had thousands of victims. i don't have a daughter and i'm not after someone, i'm just curious.
hey man just curious
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
April 01 2014 07:37 GMT
#1360
I doubt that. If you get 'pardoned' then people would do the same thing you did since there's a precedent
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