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Friday, 26 September, 2008 by Geko
Welcome to          
Monty Hall's        
treasure zoo!       
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Before you can act, 
doorThrough me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
        [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante
                Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ]

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Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
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number one swings open! ------- |u| | | ||-+-+| |..@..| ---|--- #
The goat bites!     
The goat bites!     
                    
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@ "I always forget that NetHack probability begs to differ."


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Rating

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Average rating: Good
Number of ratings: 23

Comments

@ September 26, 2008 00:17
First comment: 26 July, 2004 155 comments written
Math joke. Don't see enough of those. E
Wellan September 26, 2008 00:18
First comment: 27 November, 2007 247 comments written
Nice one! Someone should probably explain the monty hall problem now...
acheron September 26, 2008 00:36
First comment: 1 June, 2004 63 comments written
Haha, great.
Slowpoke September 26, 2008 01:10
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_hall_problem

Allowing myself now to embrace my Inner Obsessive, I wonder if a goat should be a 'u' or a 'q'. I would have thought the latter.
Quint Sakugarne September 26, 2008 05:08
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
I just laughed out loud in real life. E.

Also, I think q is more appropriate. q tends to be more insulting.
Quint Sakugarne September 26, 2008 05:16
First comment: 1 January, 2008 233 comments written
Also, I'm liking my haiku comic comment.
(Shameless plug, yes I know.)
Toby Bartels September 26, 2008 05:26
First comment: 11 August, 2007 83 comments written
Today's haiku (see two comics previous for why):

Let's Make a Deal:
Probability is hard.
The RNG is harder.
SQLGuru September 26, 2008 13:58
First comment: 23 October, 2006 77 comments written
Only rating it good because Monty Hall would have shown you what you lost, too......I think there was another goat behind the other doorThrough me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
        [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante
                Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
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gneek September 26, 2008 16:27
First comment: 18 January, 2008 159 comments written
Hm... I wonder what glyph a car would have...
Antheridium September 26, 2008 17:48
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
Either ' or (, most likely. Maybe , or #.

But I think that, rather than a car, he would have gotten a warhorse.

Also, I hate the Monty Hall problem.
Antheridium September 26, 2008 17:50
First comment: 17 May, 2007 442 comments written
I meant to have \ as one of those symbol suggestions. I forgot you have to escape it with another \.
soundnfury September 27, 2008 00:18
First comment: 27 September, 2008 3 comments written
Nice to see some mathematics! Very cleverly done.
Maybe the other doorThrough me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
        [ The Inferno, from The Divine Comedy of Dante
                Alighieri, translated by H.F. Cary ]

Copyright (c) 1994, 1995, 1996 by the NetHack Development Team
Copyright (c) 1994 by Boudewijn Wayers
NetHack may be freely redistributed. See license for details.
had the "oYendor behind it?
E for Elementary probability theory.
Slowpoke September 27, 2008 00:30
First comment: 27 February, 2007 239 comments written
E for Expectation Value.
blindcoder September 27, 2008 11:14
First comment: 21 March, 2005 27 comments written
goats are quadrupeds, so q. As in S.
Wonderer September 28, 2008 23:09
First comment: 22 March, 2007 106 comments written
Goats...excellent.
MadDawg2552 October 30, 2008 15:32
First comment: 6 October, 2008 69 comments written
I don't care what people say about probability, but you have a 50% chance to do or win anything. Let me explain why: You either do or you don't. Just because don't happens more often doesn't mean it's more likely to happen.

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