Tony Ferrino Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Has there ever been 26 named storms? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 10 hours ago, Hedgecutter said: I got a 10 in a row from just 30 flips (streak started from #20-#30). I changed the height/power of the flip each time. At one point it ended up in the bin (evidently a 1/146 chance). Serious business this. If this is you wanting to become a professional referee then I would suggest you have over practiced the start of the game and you need to do more work on everything else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tight minge Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Has there ever been 26 named storms?Frequently in The Philippines.They have an auxiliary list of names (back to A).You can see the prepared list for 2019:https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.rappler.com/nation/special-coverage/weather-alert/220239-list-pagasa-tropical-cyclones-names-philippines-2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I read a story about a statistics professor who on the first class of each year would tell his students to toss a coin 200 times and write H or T on a piece of paper for the results.The next lesson he would flick through the homework and usually call out about a fifth of the names. He then told them that they didn't actually do the homework and instead just wrote a list of 200 Hs and Ts.Statistically, if you toss a coin 200 times there's a 98% (or something similarly high) chance of tossing seven heads or seven tails in a row. When we try to write a random binary list we rarely have more than four of one kind in a row.(I think I read this in Nate Silver's book The Signal and the Noise, which is quite good if you want an easy and relatable introduction to practical applications of statistical predictions.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Oh dear. I can see this thread turning all the posters into a bunch of tossers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 10 hours ago, tamthebam said: 15 million to one sounds like the odds of me winning the Edinburgh City half time draw...! Or the world's hardest TV quiz show 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Why is it that Gail McGrane's sole annual Reporting Scotland appearance is always the 14th February? It's as if the entirety of the fittest news team in the history of national TV has been whisked away for a long weekend of... well, you know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Also, what's with the little squares I'm seeing in people's posts? What does this mean? Example of what I'm seeing above: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 8 hours ago, DiegoDiego said: I read a story about a statistics professor who on the first class of each year would tell his students to toss a coin 200 times and write H or T on a piece of paper for the results. The next lesson he would flick through the homework and usually call out about a fifth of the names. He then told them that they didn't actually do the homework and instead just wrote a list of 200 Hs and Ts. Statistically, if you toss a coin 200 times there's a 98% (or something similarly high) chance of tossing seven heads or seven tails in a row. When we try to write a random binary list we rarely have more than four of one kind in a row. (I think I read this in Nate Silver's book The Signal and the Noise, which is quite good if you want an easy and relatable introduction to practical applications of statistical predictions.) I'm sure many of you have encountered the Monty Hall Problem. Lies, damned lies and statistics. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Also, what's with the little squares I'm seeing in people's posts? What does this mean? Example of what I'm seeing above: Emoji's aren't loading on your browser/app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 35 minutes ago, Dele said: Emoji's aren't loading on your browser/app. Hmmm, I just installed the version latest version of Chrome and it's still evidently not loading whatever it is. Cheers though. #FFSdiv. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 How many roses should I give my other half today? 1? 6? 12? Or the full tub? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Why do football fans no longer sing, "Spot the loony?" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Moomintroll Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 Why do football fans no longer sing, "Spot the loony?"That is a very good question, had totally forgotten that used to be a thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 23 hours ago, Tony Ferrino said: Has there ever been 26 named storms? I would tell you that Hurricane Ciara was known as Hurricane Elsa in Scandinavia but I'll just let it go ..let it go.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, tamthebam said: I would tell you that Hurricane Ciara was known as Hurricane Elsa in Scandinavia but I'll just let it go ..let it go.... The next one one after next is Spitfire Eric btw. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlipperyP Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 10 hours ago, BillyAnchor said: Why do football fans no longer sing, "Spot the loony?" We have moved on from the primary school chants and went full KKK. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 12 hours ago, BillyAnchor said: Why do football fans no longer sing, "Spot the loony?" They do In Aberdeen. Sometimes they mix it up a bit with a chorus of spot the quinie instead. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 16 hours ago, BillyAnchor said: Why do football fans no longer sing, "Spot the loony?" Best rendition of that I ever heard was when I was on my way to Anfield for the Wales-Scotland World Cup qualifier in 1977. The train stopped at Carstairs Junction, somebody started singing that and the whole train joined in! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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