Comments on: Chances of very important phone call being returned

By: ray

ray — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:49:37 +0000

this is why we should hold off on Jetsons-style video phones for a while! Oh, and the tele-smell-phone too.

By: maddman

maddman — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:51:06 +0000

dude i talk an the pot all the time theres no shame in that

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:28:07 +0000

Hmm, you’re right. I’d always thought “mutually exclusive” meant they were excluded from each other’s probability set, rather than that each exclusively could be true. So, you learn something new….

And, yes, you’ll be on the can, after the deadline, when the calls comes in.

The first two, on the other hand, are mutually exclusive. There needs to be another one, in between the yellow and green one, perhaps “late, but before deadline,” to make up the remaining 15% or so for those three. And then the blue one is its own graph.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:12:15 +0000

You’re just about right, except you mean NOT mutually exclusive. So basically, the call will just about always be returned after the deadline. And when that call comes in late, you’ll probably be on the toilet.

By: Shancey

Shancey — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:53:27 +0000

I would’ve put while you have no service on there too.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:49:32 +0000

Actually, I thought the same thing. But then I realized that “after deadline passed” and “in the bathroom” are mutually exclusive. Thus, each one independently has up to 100% chance of the event occurring.

By: Kaiser Steve

Kaiser Steve — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:34:07 +0000

I don’t see “While speeding to (somewhere)” on there.

By: brewski

brewski — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:18:18 +0000

Maybe its cuz you forgot to wash your hands? Gross!

By: Phizzle

Phizzle — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:13:02 +0000

Well, look at the bright side. There’s a 180+ percent chance that you’re phone call eventually WILL be returned.