• The Button of Death
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Imagine a machine that you can select how many numbers you want from 1 to 100, and then when you press the button, a number from 1 to 100 will be chosen randomly. If one of your selected numbers is the one chosen, you will die. If not, you will earn 50,000$ and 1 year of life per number selected. Use this website to roll the numbers: [url]http://jawjahboy.com/games/number-generators/random1-100.php[/url]. If your number is the shown one, you died. Post the numbers you chose, and the chosen number. [editline]9th August 2015[/editline] Selected Numbers: 44 23 12 2 5 6 7 8 43 55 87 09 Chosen Number: 88 I survived and earned 600,000$ and 12 years of life.
My numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 29 99 Chosen: 21 OH MY. I thought about that number. Phew
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 rolled a natural 61 hello 20 years of life, hello 1 million dollars
4 and 20 are mine. IT ROLLED THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!111
My numbers: 1 2 roll: 91 i win
3, 5, 7, 25, 32, 42, 43 Rolled 33 Sweet, 350,000 and 7 years.
If it wasn't 0200 I'd work out how many numbers could be chosen to statistically maximize your chances.
99,38,100,20,80,100,65,83,36,96,29,98,6,99,31,90,64,63,94,30 I chose 32. I lived and I have a nice solid 1,000,000.
So, it turns out that my chances approach 50% at 38 numbers. Given that it reports to be a random number generator (most are terribly flawed), I could just go 1-38.. But, I don't trust it. So, I just went to Wolfram to get me 38 random numbers between 1 and 100. 61, 75, 98, 35, 93, 90, 18, 63, 36, 83, 55, 53, 29, 41, 99, 14, 82, 29, 31, 53, 28, 64, 90, 40, 31, 54, 42, 69, 77, 72,[B] 46[/B], 96, 14, 90, 31, 8, 33, 6. Lets see what the website says: [IMG]http://oi59.tinypic.com/30vm1yu.jpg[/IMG] ....wait, my number was there. Oh, well. That's what you get on coin-flipping odds (50.2%). With a large enough sample, there will be a slight excess of wins.
I chose every prime number between 1 and 100 and got 83 I am now dead
1, 10, 34, 86, 92, 99 Number I got: 20 Phew.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;48426744]So, it turns out that my chances approach 50% at 38 numbers. Given that it reports to be a random number generator (most are terribly flawed), I could just go 1-38.. But, I don't trust it. So, I just went to Wolfram to get me 38 random numbers between 1 and 100. 61, 75, 98, 35, 93, 90, 18, 63, 36, 83, 55, 53, 29, 41, 99, 14, 82, 29, 31, 53, 28, 64, 90, 40, 31, 54, 42, 69, 77, 72,[B] 46[/B], 96, 14, 90, 31, 8, 33, 6. Lets see what the website says: [IMG]http://oi59.tinypic.com/30vm1yu.jpg[/IMG] ....wait, my number was there. Oh, well. That's what you get on coin-flipping odds (50.2%). With a large enough sample, there will be a slight excess of wins.[/QUOTE] What would be the probability of winning when you pick 90 numbers? Now what's the probability of doing this on your first try? This is what happened to me.
[QUOTE=Bradyns;48426744]Given that it reports to be a random number generator (most are terribly flawed), I could just go 1-38..[/QUOTE] Random.org uses atmospheric noise for true randomness. [url]https://www.random.org/randomness/[/url]
69, 6, 9 [editline]11th August 2015[/editline] Got 74 I don't need anything more than 69, 69 is the holy number... Fuck the money Actually not, gimme it
21 77 44 30 83 2 81 63 50 90 40 10 48 72 6 12 38 11 59 75 3 45 64 1 94 66 15 87 59 5 34 76 30 14 1 50 38 10 80 6 55 48 64 32 17 97 23 91 37 6 50 numbers lets go [editline]11th August 2015[/editline] Got 65, I live to make $2.5 million and 50 years
1 2 4 8 16 32 64 Rolled a 38. 7 years and $350,000. Not too bad.
Selected numbers: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 Chosen number: 70 $400,000 (which is like £250,000) 8 years.
selected 1-30 rolled 31 that was close 1.5m and 30 years
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15 77 I win
1 56 84 22 47 13 37 89 72 15 44 87 Your number is: 60 12 years 600k, not bad.
I choose every decimal number between 1 and 100. Your number is: 92 Immortality time, motherfuckers!
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75 Your number is: 77 I was kinda hoping I'd die
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