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- From: boll@CS.ColoState.EDU (dave boll)
- Newsgroups: rec.puzzles
- Subject: Monty Hall Puzzle RIP .... PLEASE!!!!!
- Message-ID: <Dec22.172047.19159@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:20:47 GMT
- References: <92353.100332SHERE@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU> <1992Dec21.161149.5181@swbatl.sbc.com>
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- As a faithful reader and occasional poster on this newsgroup, I would like
- to make a suggestion. The next time someone posts to this group, 'proving'
- that the probability of getting the prize in the traditional Monty Hall
- puzzle is 1/2, could we all just ignore the post? Ditto for 'I have 2
- kids, one is a girl.....'. If you feel you must respond to articles like
- these, how about e-mail instead of news? I suspect I speak for more than
- just myself when I say I've had it up to here with posts answering
- questions like these. Some people just ain't gonna change their minds
- no matter how loudly you shout, or how much real money you offer to
- show up their mistakes.
-
- No flames to any one person intended here.
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- Dave Boll boll@handel.cs.colostate.edu
- "The speed of time is 1 second per second"
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