Questions Thread

[Carl the Llama]

58 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

Re the cups thing...   this argument raged all night in the pub and then carried on into the next day ...   money was involved and things got slightly heated ...  

 

This was the best answer, I think, but I still think its not absolutely right ..

 

Take 100 goes. Player 1 has a 1 in 4 chance of losing,  thats 25 chances of losing on his first pick.  (Remember you can only lose on your go not win until there are only 2 left). Player 2 has a 1 in 3 chance of losing, so after 75 goes that 25 chances of losing.  The final go is 50 50.  So, both players have an equal chance of losing (75) ...   so the chances of losing (and therefore winning) are the same if you go first or second.

 

Sounds right but I still think there is something being missed which would very slightly tilt the odds one way or the other .....

 

@potter3 @The Bear @the fox @Strokes @Carl the Llama @Kopfkino ...   thanks for you help so far ...  

Nope, as probability mathematics goes this is a pretty straightforward question to answer tbh. You don't have to take Kopf's or my word for it over people with no maths background if you don't want to though

[Countryfox]

19 minutes ago, Carl the Llama said:

Nope, as probability mathematics goes this is a pretty straightforward question to answer tbh. You don't have to take Kopf's or my word for it over people with no maths background if you don't want to though

 

No, you sound very confident Llama ...   in which case ...   its case closed !    Thanks ...   

[murphy]

3 hours ago, The Bear said:

Even more confusing is that more and more spacetime is being created all the time out of seemingly nothing, by the expansion of the universe. Which is being accelerated by dark energy. So it must have some physical properties at a fundamental level, which are born out of the energy pushing the universe apart. 

Is it not just being stretched by expansion, like a balloon?

[The Bear]

You can consider that every point is moving away from every other point like the surface of a balloon, yes. But the actual universe is expanding so fast it is creating new space with it, not just stretching the existing space. 

[Samilktray]

Why do some English folk have a weird affinity to Rangers football club? 

[Unabomber]

This may deserve its own thread but I’ll leave it in here for the time being.

 

What do people prefer Indian or Chinese takeaway? 

[Facecloth]

1 minute ago, Unabomber said:

This may deserve its own thread but I’ll leave it in here for the time being.

 

What do people prefer Indian or Chinese takeaway? 

Chinese

[Unabomber]

2 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Chinese

My mrs is out tonight so essentially I need to order something amazing in to eat, looking for inspiration

[SpacedX]

On 18/02/2019 at 16:03, The Bear said:

You can consider that every point is moving away from every other point like the surface of a balloon, yes. But the actual universe is expanding so fast it is creating new space with it, not just stretching the existing space. 

And such expansion is hypothesised to be accelerated by dark energy. 

[The Blur]

25 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

This may deserve its own thread but I’ll leave it in here for the time being.

 

What do people prefer Indian or Chinese takeaway? 

 

Chinese all day long.   Plus,  it is easier to make a half decent Indian curry than half decent Chinese so all more reasons to have Chinese takeaways.  

Edited 2 March 2019 by The Blur

[Unabomber]

2 minutes ago, The Blur said:

 

Chinese all day long.   Plus,  it is easier to make a half decent Indian curry than half decent Chinese so all more reasons to have Chinese takeaways.  

Thing is it’s hard to order s Chinese for one as I want s few dishes but I’ll end up with too much

[Carl the Llama]

A good indian reigns supreme but I find Chinese places are more likely to produce a decent meal if you're going in blind.

[SystonFox]

2 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Why do some English folk have a weird affinity to Rangers football club? 

EDL? Racists? These are the types I find have an affinity to Glasgow rangers

[Unabomber]

I’ve ordered an indian

[The Blur]

2 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

I’ve ordered an indian

 

You utter tosser,  I have invested my time and emotions into your taste buds and it was all for nothing.  

[Unabomber]

1 minute ago, The Blur said:

 

You utter tosser,  I have invested my time and emotions into your taste buds and it was all for nothing.  

It’s almost as if I had already made up my mind before I asked the question.

[Countryfox]

46 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

This may deserve its own thread but I’ll leave it in here for the time being.

 

What do people prefer Indian or Chinese takeaway? 

 

Neither ...   Thai every time ...   and by the by we had a meal at Little Thai in Market Harborough this week and not only was it very good but was excellent value for money. 

[Dr The Singh]

58 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

This may deserve its own thread but I’ll leave it in here for the time being.

 

What do people prefer Indian or Chinese takeaway? 

Poon

[Unabomber]

Just now, Dr The Singh said:

Poon

That’s immature 

[Samilktray]

1 hour ago, SystonFox said:

EDL? Racists? These are the types I find have an affinity to Glasgow rangers

I didn’t want to say it but it does seem to be predominantly massive racists who love them 

[Dr The Singh]

1 hour ago, Unabomber said:

That’s immature 

Tell someone who cares

[Unabomber]

2 minutes ago, Dr The Singh said:

Tell someone who cares

 

I don’t think anyone cares on foxestalk so I can’t help you there 

[Dr The Singh]

25 minutes ago, Unabomber said:

 

I don’t think anyone cares on foxestalk so I can’t help you there 

Fair enough, don't mean no offense btw 

[Jattdogg]

4 hours ago, Unabomber said:

I’ve ordered an indian

From a web site?  Is she hot? Pics?

[StanSP]

17 hours ago, Unabomber said:

This may deserve its own thread but I’ll leave it in here for the time being.

 

What do people prefer Indian or Chinese takeaway? 

Indian.