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For shits and giggles, if one was to play the lottery twice a week using the same numbers for 20 million games, it would take about 191,780 years and there would be approximately a 50% probability of winning the jackpot within those 191,780 years.
Hence it's not a rational idea.
Anyone know who won the lottery some time around 189,759 years BC? Asking for a friend.
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Would potentially work if it was for 20 million different draws. Requires a multi generational investment strategy, though :)
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To be clear, I'm not suggesting that playing the lottery is a rational thing to do, because it isn't.
However whilst each ticket has the same chance of winning, more tickets = more chances. Taken to extremes, the overall chance of winning would be very high, for example, if you were to buy 20 million tickets.
Edit: apparently it's around 45,000,000:1 for the jackpot so my example should be more like 50 million tickets. Same principle though.
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buy more than one ticket in the lotto is a waste as there's no statistical advantage to having 2 tickets over 1.
What, one ticket ever? What about 14 million tickets? No better?
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Not too much traffic in this thread these days. I would think that the Kefs, Dual and Leak could be of interest. Maybe post in the audiophile thread?
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Quite enjoyed that; thanks.
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The other thing that may be a factor here is the amount of electronics in modern cars.
When all the built in touch screens, ECUs, digital displays etc are FUBAR in 20 years time, it will be a hell of a job to strip it all out and replace. Most will just get scrapped, I would think.
Stuff that has dials and switches is easier to keep going.
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apologies for the luddite enquiry here - but why is my bloody PC so slow?!
Not that old Dell Desktop, use for web and MS Office inc Teams. A year ago it was nice and slick, now it runs like shit, always background processes grinding away, noticable lag in lots of basic applications. info below, and suggestions greatly appreciated.
Sshhh! It's a secret.