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Kobayashi
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Re: The Sky is Falling
07/26/08 11:08 PM

The statement "the odds...may be as high as one in 10" makes no sense. The odds are what you calculate given the information you currently know, not an absolute number you guess at. You don't say things like "the chances of rain tomorrow may be as high as 80%."

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
The Sky is Falling	Mike Casey	07/19/08 05:30 PM
Re: The Sky is Falling	astrotrf	07/21/08 06:05 PM
Re: The Sky is Falling	Mike Casey	07/21/08 11:37 PM
Re: The Sky is Falling	lowmal	07/22/08 09:08 PM
Re: The Sky is Falling	lyrae	07/26/08 01:47 AM
Re: The Sky is Falling	Kobayashi	07/26/08 11:08 PM
Re: The Sky is Falling	gordianknot	07/27/08 02:44 AM
Re: The Sky is Falling	llanitedave	07/29/08 03:32 PM
Re: The Sky is Falling	LivingNDixie	07/22/08 08:06 PM

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