My first post of the year! I have officially done none of the things I wanted to do last year. And, I go out so seldom that my social life is now a concern for my mum, she says I really go out too little and I need to go out more. You'll probably be very sick of me saying this but, I-have-no-life. I recently started watching "How I met Your Mother" and it's quite nice, not Friends or The Nanny funny but I like the story line, and the 15-second-or-so opening theme is plain addictive .
You'll probably be scratching your head thinking that I'm some sort of chao ah beng mocking your mother, but I'm not. How I met your mother is an American sitcom. Not as funny as Friends but I like the storyline (although I've only like, watched 10 episodes).
Can't wait for Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl and Grey's Anatomy, the christmas/new year break is finally over! Plus Gundam 00!
I was reading Xiaxue's old posts and came across a problem called the monty hall problem, it is so confusing, and makes you want to yank your hair out figuring the reason behind the weird solution.
This is what it is:
Suppose you're on a game show and you're given the choice of three doors. Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats(trap prizes) The car and the goats were placed randomly behind the doors before the show. The rules of the game show are as follows: After you have chosen a door, the door remains closed for the time being. The game show host, Monty Hall, who knows what is behind the doors, now has to open one of the two remaining doors, and the door he opens must have a goat behind it. If both remaining doors have goats behind them, he chooses one randomly. After Monty Hall opens a door with a goat, he will ask you to decide whether you want to stay with your first choice or to switch to the last remaining door. Imagine that you chose Door 1 and the host opens Door 3, which has a goat. He then asks you "Do you want to switch to Door Number 2?" Is it to your advantage to change your choice?
People will think that it makes no diff, but THERE IS. If you do switch doors, you will have a 2/3 probability of getting the car! I thought it would be 50/50 BUT IT'S NOT! I'm lazy to explain since it's 3.21 in the moring so here's a video from you tube, hope it helps!
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