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<Yuri> Who wants to do my Probabilty labs? :p
<Yuri> p(y) = (y-1) Cr (r-1) p^2 * (1-p)^(y-r)
<EvilNekoSpork> arrrrgh math make it die
<EvilNekoSpork> I'm envious of Rene Descartes for a) having awesome hair; b) actually understanding that shit.
<Yuri> It's crazy shit, that's for sure. And this is probability theory. So this is more along the continuous mathematics. Discrete math is where the really evil stuff is. :p
<Indogutsu> ...yeah, I hated those biographical infoboxes in math textbooks. The people who discovered these formulas always had those smug smiles on their faces.
<YelseyKing> ...and there's not even any particularly compelling reason to learn that kind of thing... =P
<Indogutsu> Unless you're at a weird restaurant where the tip is usually p(y)% of your total.
<EvilNekoSpork> Ow. There's a scary thought.
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