On: Social Roulette has a 1 in 6 chance of deleting yo...

[firefoxman1]

This is hacker news, chances are 1/6 he knows what a revolver is.

[evanmoran → firefoxman1]

Revolver is a 1 in 6, but I say much higher he knows what a Desert Eagle or AWP is =). #CSDoesntStandForComputerScience

[L0j1k → evanmoran]

AWP lol.

[ewang1 → firefoxman1]

Actually, it's 1/2 chance since it's either "yes" or "no".

[StevenXC → ewang1]

Ahh, the freshman probability theorem. AKA the Lotto player's defense.

[ISL → StevenXC]

It's not just freshmen and lotto players. Sometimes it derails useful work:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-30-2009/large-ha...

[jaynos → StevenXC]

Plus I'm feeling pretty lucky today, so how could I lose?

[oneeyedpigeon → ewang1]

So the chance that I'm God is 1/2? Cool.