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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: British Museum
Message-ID: <2092@sunybcs.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Jan-87 13:46:51 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 26 13:46:51 1987
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>                 ... we would have a countably infinite event space.  If it
> is safe to assume a continuous distribution for a probability density function
> representing (time) vs (accomplishing the duplication of the museum works)
> [is it possible to derive such a function?] then the probability of actually
> accomplishing this feat AT A PARTICULAR POINT in time is zero. ...

Colin's paradox looks like a variant of one of Zeno's paradoxes.  The
above statement is correct--the probability that anything will happen
at a particular time is nil.  MORAL:  Don't make dinner appointments
for exact times; leave at least a few microseconds' leeway.
 
> 		             ... I am however aquainted with many people who's
> 		intellect approaches that of monkeys',

From which direction?


	Assistant:  "Professor!  The computers are on strike!"
	Professor:  "What?  How dare they?" [throws window open]
	Mechanical voices:  "MORE ... INPUT! ... LESS ... OUTPUT! ..."
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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