Base vol. "P" Page714 PROBILITY. When we say that
one event is more probable than another, we mean it is
more likley to happen. The branch of mathematics called
probality TRIES(caps so you won't miss it like you did before)
to express in numbers statements of the form: An event
A is more (or less)Probable than event B. end ouote.
Followed by 3 pp coin flip, dice throw, life expectency.
In 60 days I will be an annomoly. The term laws inside
the branch should have been called sections. My college
algebra book made a bigger mistake-used therom instead of
laws-the ENGLISH majors jumped the prof with both feet
to the absolute delight of the M.E. students the class
sank into a 3 day riot prior to christmas vacation.
College Algebra by Richardson, pub. Prentice-Hall INC.
did not use the word possibilities(most always far greater
than the probs) instead the euphanism "alternative ways" was
used. An M.E. in NROTC uniform says alternative ways
whats that? Possibilities says english major. Boy thares
a lot of them one of the foot ball team the laughing started
and day one was gone. Day 2 was destroyed by the dicussion
of how could you have a THEOREM(proven fact) inside
a theory-4 vague sentences in Greta's dictionary. The
prof was disarmed by attack never recovered. Day prof
ten late followed by another football player who says
his girl friend(only other)hello possible-dead silence,
girl turns bright red bursts into tears-prof hooks it,
followed by the girl. It was over. Blaise Pascal and
Pierre de Fermat dream up this quagmire in the l7th
century. If it can't be nailed to the wall in 300 years
it never will be. It's like not counting all the cards
too many things to go wrong. Duke University 5l-4yrs
later gold bars & wings.
In a post on another board I explained to Jim that
some folks have to defend things just because of their
degrees-some times that's like defending a YUGO.
Loss of personal control, there's tha human reliability thing again, If you can't take it, then don't dish it out on
John Patrick, Walt Thomason, and all the others that
I saw before I posted here. I've ben taken it since my dad called
me lazy-boy was he right. Since he passed away I have done
my level best not to make a liar out of him.