No, see, many prominent Wizards have calculated that while a one in a 999,999 chance will succeed exactly 1 in 999,999 times, and 1 in 1,000,000 chance happens nine times out of ten.
Something to do with spacial distortion leading to a gentle causality loop, and the Gods liking foolish people, I'm not sure exactly.
(Do you read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series? This makes MUCH more sense if you do. If you don't, I suggest you do. :p)
But yeah, "1 in 3 wins!" actually means "Buy 3 to get your hopes up!" or something like that.
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Date: 2005-11-03 11:23 pm (UTC)Something to do with spacial distortion leading to a gentle causality loop, and the Gods liking foolish people, I'm not sure exactly.
(Do you read Terry Pratchett's Discworld series? This makes MUCH more sense if you do. If you don't, I suggest you do. :p)
But yeah, "1 in 3 wins!" actually means "Buy 3 to get your hopes up!" or something like that.
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Date: 2005-11-04 03:37 am (UTC)But that is closer to starship odds than Discworld ;)
-tt