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(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:00, archived)
# hehehe
nice
(I helped save b3ta! CowJam, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)
# Yay!
It's like Deep Impact, but with more plot
(I helped save b3ta! Dogtanian, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)
# .
And better acting!
(I helped save b3ta! EvilHippo, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:17, archived)
# it's the work
of the spong eyeball stunt team that does it for me
(Cousin It, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 13:38, archived)
# the week i'm having
i expect to be hit by a meteor any minute now...
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:02, archived)
# s'true
I worked it out once: including the fact that same numbers coming out in a different order is technically a different result, it'd take over 262,000 years to go through every possible winning combination - that was before they introduced more draws though
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:03, archived)
# But someone wins nearly every week
and you don't hear about people being hit by meteorites every week...
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)
# maybe all the hits happen in siberia or china
so you don't hear about them
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)
# Aye, but
all the lotto winners live here...
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:09, archived)
# ah
that's because the extinction of the dinosaurs threw off the averaging
(I helped save b3ta! JustHere4Coffee remembers when all o' this were car parks, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:08, archived)
# Aahhhhh
I understand now.
(I helped save b3ta! Sir Jon Dangerous, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:09, archived)
# well if you're figuring in mass extinctions then no wonder!
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:10, archived)
# The main problem with the lottery is...
...people actually think that paying a measly quid actually entitles them to a substantial chance of winning - significantly higher than zero than it actually is.

14 million is a fuck of a large number to bet against.
(the_hammerhead_tart -- In love with a strict machine, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:03, archived)
# more people have won the lottery
than been hit by meteors
(I helped save b3ta! Sunshine Elephant, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:05, archived)
# Um...
I don't think that's actually true.

No, hang on, that's meteorites, isn't it.
(the_hammerhead_tart -- In love with a strict machine, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:06, archived)
# he's got a point
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:07, archived)
# imagine if you won the lottery
AND got hit by a meteor!
(I helped save b3ta! magoo, Tue 28 Oct 2003, 12:13, archived)