Scott Ribe <scott_ribe(at)elevated-dev(dot)com> Wednesday 05 January 2011 17:33:51
> On Jan 5, 2011, at 9:19 AM, Leif Biberg Kristensen wrote:
> > I can't help thinking of the «Birthday Paradox»:
> Yes, the calculation of the probability of a collision is the same for the
> "birthday paradox" as for random UUID collisions.
Depends on probability measure we will choose. The true is that probability
that in two coin drops we will get two reverses is 1/4, but true is, too, as
Newton said, it's 1/3, because if in 1st drop we don't get reverse we don't
need to drop again.