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so if the coin is biased by as little as having a probability of say .49 for flipping heads, there will not always be a point, when flipping it an infinite amount of times, that the number of heads equals the number of tails?
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...because very big numbers and especially infinity confuse me - oh well. Gonna say if 0<p<1 then the probability that the number of heads equals the number of tails somewhere along the way to infinity trials is 1. But seems the expectation that this would occur is zero so... my head hurts.
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the sound of insects on a summer evening?
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wooohoo - and started off with a winner. see, that one was a cinch. the plural might better help you with the final answer. none of the seven one word answers to the couplets are necessarily foods. and would like to say that within each couplet, descriptions of different meanings of each answer are separated by commas and lines. thanks, plasmid. you got to know i have still been thinking on yours. have two thoughts to flesh out or just gonna get them off my chest. cheers
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These multi-celled hosts hold the key to life's rejections
Puts them down for all to see, but can they make corrections?A sixth sense's what i got, gives a good impression
Hard pressed to make the cut, or cease all expressionThey're commonly portrayed in these parts its safe to say
As all they're meant to be in performing the same wayPacks quite a wallop, when one really sings
Motions to give the shaft, certain body ringsOften just for grins, on the subject they shed light
And I for example give support outrightA one time dodge, yet on target I should stay
Flits back and forth, then stunningly falls preyPreserves and conserves, though hardly puts on the brakes
Gets in a tight spot, then fixes, their mistakesIn exchange for the seven solved, I offer this great deal
For those that still remain, giving thanks for certain we'llLinks to similar ones from before:
http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10676-hot-headed, http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/9818-forsaken, http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/9745-same-sounding, http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/9526-sword-play, http://brainden.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10888-same-old-same-old. -
empty 5 gallon beaker D into 4 gallon beaker B with the remaining 1 gallon into beaker A. Empty beaker B into beaker D so now we have 1,0,5,4 gallons in beakers A,B,C,D; respectively. Now the iffy part - plunge beaker A into beaker C and capture the two gallons displaced into beaker B.
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I really should know better than to chime in here -
seems to me with the first strategy you would loose $.30 one sixth of the time, $.20 one sixth of the time, $.10 one sixth of the time; and win $.10 one sixth of the time, $.20 one sixth of the time, and $.50 one sixth of the time. For a net gain of $.20 in six trials or $.0333/trial. but for the second strategy using a similar methodology, wouldn't that be a wash? Or perhaps since you start with one dollar on your initial pull of the handle you get the same odds as the first strategy (+$.0333) and even money after that. So the two strategies yield the same expected profit?
EDIT: I knew I shouldn't have tried to play with the big boys. See where I erred now and am with Prime.
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set compass 1/3 of length HF and strike a point M on FD from point F using compass three times like a divider. This gives equilateral triangle FHM. set compass on F, H, and M and strike the two corresponding segments of equilateral triangle FHM gives the six points of a hexagon. This method still requires a straight edge to connect FH and FM. Not sure from the OP if that is allowed. Or if striking an arc would be allowed (vs drawing a circle). If no ruler is allowed, I cannot visualize where a hexagon might be much less locate it.
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aha - i see it now. could not make out the hidden imagery before the hint. good one.
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hello frankieman - think there are many of these type sites. here's a link to one that I remember showing up here: http://zestriddle.ovh.org/
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Not a I'm not a plasmid riddle? Cool. Probably more thinking to be done but a
an engagement ring?
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fill both 500 ml bowls. Place one of those bowls in the one liter bowl. Now all three bowls contain the same amount of water?
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hey Kikacat - will try to add what i can. hunted for the info myself and could not find the page that i think explained the member titles. etc and was originally linked to from the "Important: Read Before Posting" page. Even that page was not too easy to find (had to click the register link as a guest - maybe there's an easier route).
1. think OmegaScales has this one. will add that after 1000 posts a dialogue box on your settings page allows you to select your own member title
2. again as OS said, those four and your own after 1000 posts. The title under your avatar is the group title and those for right now are Members, VIP, Moderator, and Admin.
3. rookie1ja chooses when/if new VIPs. last time around he consulted with the moderators but it's up to him.
4. & 5. the stars below the avatars on posts (1-4) i believe correspond to the Newbie, Junior, Advanced, Senior and above. There is also a rating system on each members profile page of 1-5 stars which is not widely used.
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Stand aright at blink of light
Catch voltage, assuage their fears
Tuck it down into the ground
A lightning rod saves their rears
yes indeed, plasmid. as soon as i saw your response was in verse, knew in a flash you were onto me. cheers
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hey there Wilson - as to your first spoiler, am sure to be many of those and more but as to the second spoiler and this riddle, not it.
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hey hey kestrelknight - you're definitely picking up on some of the obfuscated hints but am looking for something else. Thanks for getting this one going. Hope you'll give it another go.
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Nicely solved Wilson. Knew i spoke too soon but
the Rapunzel reference
Most excellent riddle as always plasmid. Cheers
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Act out when gone off track. Emulate - late = emu?
Piss off a little. chaff + inch = chaffinch?
hey Wilson - that's the second vote on your first response above so a viable alternative for sure but still had something different in mind (as hinted at in last response). And as for your second - certainly not beyond me to throw in a homophone nor switch up the form but all of these are indeed a - b = answer within theme. Here's an alternate clue for that one - Small but not wee
Deliberately not vixen-like: sternly - sly = tern
yeah, no repeats this time but you're so close to mine, say half-right?
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Perhaps it's best, not to be blunt
In hopes, my point, they should get
On good conduct, they'll be released
On the rest of the world's a safe bet
Still strikes me that, there's great potential
For bearing the brunt of the heat
Lest taken the path, extended to them
With little resistance; discreet
For after all it is, grounded in fact
An attractive alternative's afforded
But now it's time, state your case what am I
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woot, woot, some heavyweight riddlers back here again. have been contemplating this one quite a bit ever since you posted it, plasmid. have had some decent ideas but none fit as good as your answers always do (after i fully figure out where you're coming from). and always a little shy to take a stab before prior guesses are confirmed/denied esp from minds like Wilson's (for similar reasons as prior parenthetical statement). but ize gotta try
a laser?
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hello rsn - long time no riddle with! have whined about this already but loosing my job and subsequently starting a business has greatly crimped my brainden time. still check in at least daily but usually just briefly and often without even signing in. also had to re-solve my own puzzle as it had been so long since last responses. these are certainly tough as evidenced by the ones solved. can see were you're coming from and could possibly qualify for an alternate answer but yeah, had a different train of thought. may have to come up with hints (other than the one i just..) or edits or altogether alternate clues. hope to see you soon
Hogwash, so perhaps not - malarky - may = lark by DudleyDude
Left the pub with a prying concern - crowbar - bar = crow by Yoruichi-san
Flustered and showed the way out - ruffled - led = ruff by plasmid
"Cut cut! From the old car scene"
Deliberately not vixen-like
Act out when gone off track
Piss off a little
Dry drinks don't exist - martinis - is = martin by Yoruichi-san
Slap out of order - pattern - pat = tern by Yoruichi-san
Not a current measure of riducule - lampoon - amp = loon by DudleyDude and Yoruichi-san
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perhaps the ABCDEFG each correspond to a day of the week. So the numbers over months with 31 days could be the days of the week of the 31st's. huh???
... mythical castle
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