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Better Question Who is trying???

What a bunch of Sci-Fi freaks. Oh wait I forgot where I was. Try reading something real "Lies and the Lying Lyars That Tell Them" Al Franken "Let Freedom Ring" Sean Hannity "The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge" Carlos Castaneda or the rest of that series...

Is this a trick question????

This is a pointless argument. When you join the military you give up the right to make your own decisions. If a higher ranking officer wants you to salute them, YOU DO. No questions asked. "We follow orders or people die" A Few Good Men

Trust me. I am a math professor. An "even bet" is one that you have a 50% chance winning. You are getting this confused with a bet that has an expected value of 0 (fair game). I know what you meant but thats not what you said. The expected value only comes into play for a long period of...

Yes an even bet is one that you have a 50% chance of winning. A bad bet is one that you have less than a 50% chance of winning.....like the lottery or you being right on this.

The lottery is NEVER and even bet. Odds are always 1 in 135 million

NOT TWO RIVERS, WI Bad Small Town

Srry Viper but I don't think that the lottery cares what order that the numbers are in so your way(permutations) is incorrect. Here is good info Math Help

Not exactly right. Since you can't pick the same number twice it is actually 52C5 (thats 52 choose 5) then *52 for the powerball. Actually calculates to a 1 in 135,145,920 chance. The popularity of the lottery is proof that the US is becomming more mathematically retarded.

Righty

20 year old Cheddar <------thinks that Wisconsin cheeses are the best (especially cheddar and cheese curds)

They already do. Madden rocks the house! Aggree with Homerboy> Not an anti-trust. You don't cry foul when nintendo has exclusive right to the Mario Bros. games. EA Sports is just smarter than all others to try and get the deal done

Currently reading "Lies and the Lying Liars That Tell Them" by Al Franken. GREAT BOOK! :)

I aggree LOL