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Offline Bryanpoprobson

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Re: What is your favorite SF story that is not Star Trek or Star Wars?
« Reply #105 on: October 22, 2014, 02:13:07 PM »
Almost as unlikely as a royal fizzbin.

I hate games that change depending on the day of the week. ;)

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Offline ka9q

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Re: What is your favorite SF story that is not Star Trek or Star Wars?
« Reply #106 on: October 22, 2014, 02:53:48 PM »
That is ((4*5)/52)*(4/51)*(3/50)*(2/49)*(1/48)
Or:

= 4 / C(52,5)
= 4 * 5! * (52-5)! / 52!
= ~1.54e-6

or 1 in 649,740.

Offline AstroBrant

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Re: What is your favorite SF story that is not Star Trek or Star Wars?
« Reply #107 on: October 24, 2014, 11:57:03 PM »

or 1 in 649,740.

Was this considering a 13 card deal or a five card deal?
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Offline Echnaton

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Re: What is your favorite SF story that is not Star Trek or Star Wars?
« Reply #108 on: October 25, 2014, 07:10:23 AM »

or 1 in 649,740.



Was this considering a 13 card deal or a five card deal?


Five cards.
The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. —Samuel Beckett