Eleventy-one thousand eleventy-one
2009-08-14 09:08:00
Here's a million-to-one photo I took yesterday:
Of course, so is this one from when I put the camera in the car the
day before:
since there are six "independent" digits and therefore 106 possibilities. The first one falls into a different category, of "all digits the same," which a typical odometer will occupy for less than five minutes of its ten- or fifteen-year life. Since ten years is π×108 seconds, and five minutes is 300 seconds, "one in a million" is actually not so far off. In fact a million-to-one event is not all that rare. If an "event" is something that occupies your attention for three seconds, and you are attentive sixteen hours a day, you'll see a million-to-one something every couple of months.
since there are six "independent" digits and therefore 106 possibilities. The first one falls into a different category, of "all digits the same," which a typical odometer will occupy for less than five minutes of its ten- or fifteen-year life. Since ten years is π×108 seconds, and five minutes is 300 seconds, "one in a million" is actually not so far off. In fact a million-to-one event is not all that rare. If an "event" is something that occupies your attention for three seconds, and you are attentive sixteen hours a day, you'll see a million-to-one something every couple of months.
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