Oct
24
2009
We have all played the game of flipping coins and matching them. Is it heads or is it tails? Each flip of a regular coin has an equal chance of producing a head or a tail. The coin is said to be “memory-less.” In terms of probability theory each flip of the coin is an [...]
Oct
12
2009
I took a single semester college course in statistics but really did not get any real in depth understanding of the subject. But statistics plays a big role in everything. I have blogged earlier about quantum physics. At the quantum level one cannot really specify the location of an electron, only the probability that one [...]
Oct
02
2009
The year 1607 is an important one in the history of the settlement of the New World. The British settled Jamestown on the East Coast in 1607, and the French settled Quebec in Canada in 1608. The exact date that the Spanish settled Santa Fe in the North American Southwest is open to question,but Tom Chavez, the former [...]
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