All posts by Glen

Just a former garbageman living in New Mexico selling crap to tourists and locals alike.

Today is Thursday

  • I told this to ML twice today.
  • Lunch in Pecos with Levy.
  • Rode my bike there.
  • Got home and changed my windshield.
  • Went with a slightly taller one.
  • Went for a test ride and then mounted it permanently.
  • Less wind buffeting of my helmet.
  • Went upstairs and took a nap.

 

I LOVE MATHEMATICS (not really, but this is pretty good)

I LOVE MATHEMATICS
IT ALWAYS TELLS THE TRUTH
AND IT ALWAYS TELLS IT THE SAME WAY

The odds of winning the Florida lottery are 1 in 22,957,480.

The odds of winning the Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510.

The odds of winning Mega Millions is 1 in 258,890,850.

 The odds of a disk drive failing in any given month are roughly one in 36. The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36 squared, or 1 in about 1,300. The odds of three drives failing in the same month is 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656.

The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month (like what happened at the IRS when they received a letter asking about emails targeting conservative and pro Israeli groups) is 37 to the 7th power = 1 in 78,664,164,096. (that’s over 78 Billion) In other words, the odds are greater that you will win the Florida Lottery 342 times than having those seven IRS hard drives crashing in the same month.