h a l f b a k e r y"Bun is such a sad word, is it not?" -- Watt, "Waiting for Godot"
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It's not free if you get caught. |
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Bun for the subtitle AND the idea (wish I could give two). I would enjoy seeing some proof or at least a listing of the actual odds. |
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Well... the usual combination lock has three turns, and 30-50 numbers on the dial, giving odds somewhere between 1/27,000 to 1/125,000 |
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Bike locks tend to have ten digit dials, with three or four sections to turn, putting the odds for winning one of these at 1/1,000 to 1,10,000. I've had just the lock before, and "won" it with 8 hours of honest work. |
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You can also give automatic garage door openers a try. the old ones with 8-12 microswitches had a potential of 1/256 t0 1/4096 chances... plus variations for age, brand, and whether or not it's actually using that kind of system to begin with. |
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Oh, here's a fun one: House keys... Five pins are cut to four possible heights. If the key fits, the odds are 1/1024 |
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Is it me, or do the odds of "winning" seem to increase as the item being protected increases in value on my scale? Hmm. |
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Now about those lottery odds... |
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