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Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue
Posted By: Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) <sumpca@yahoo.com>Date: 4/2/08 10:42 a.m.

In Response To: Re: T3h S3rch to the rescue (Louis Wu)


: The biggest problem with that analysis is the roughness of the firing
: frequency. As Frogblast discovered early on , the beams fire every 16
: seconds or so. That adds a full 25% more firings in a given time period,
: making the math no longer work out so nicely.

Ouch. You end up with 1.5 trillion tests that way, assuming 101,000 years and 4 firings per minute. (Could've sworn it was 3/min... but I never timed it myself.)

Of course the analysis assumes continuous test firings and a steady (or average) rate of tests. One could hand-wave and say that tests ramp up and down, or have periods of shut-down for maintenance, or... but that's bringing stuff in to fit the theory, rather than working with available data.

Drat.

-- Steve sees yet another beautiful hypothesis shatter upon the hard rock of fact.

The Northwest London Gamers' Group



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1.2 trillion simulated and one actual[AMS] GreyThor 4/2/08 1:42 a.m.
     Re: 1.2 trillion simulated and one actualscarab 4/2/08 7:46 a.m.
     Re: 1.2 trillion simulated and one actualSimpsons Rule 4/2/08 8:10 a.m.
           I wonder if that's American trillions?Eddy 071 4/2/08 9:12 a.m.
                 Re: NevermindEddy 071 4/2/08 9:29 a.m.
                       Re: NevermindLouis Wu 4/2/08 9:34 a.m.
                             Re: Nevermindscarab 4/2/08 1:29 p.m.
                                   Re: Nevermindelpolloguapo 4/2/08 4:04 p.m.
                                         Re: NevermindStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/2/08 6:28 p.m.
                                               Re: Nevermindelpolloguapo 4/2/08 7:38 p.m.
                       T3h S3rch to the rescueAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 4/2/08 10:15 a.m.
                             Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueLouis Wu 4/2/08 10:21 a.m.
                                   Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 4/2/08 10:42 a.m.
                                         Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueJillybean 4/2/08 4:13 p.m.
                                               Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueSimpsons Rule 4/2/08 7:25 p.m.
                                                     A brief history of blue beamsJillybean 4/4/08 8:47 a.m.
                                                           Valhalla? *SP*GatchamanUK 4/4/08 3:50 p.m.
                 :(...stan 4/2/08 10:12 a.m.
                       Re: :(...Grimlock 4/2/08 10:21 a.m.
                             It's not the size of your trillion...tucsonbatman 4/2/08 11:20 a.m.
                                   Re: It's not the size of your trillion...Cthulhu117 4/2/08 2:07 p.m.
                                         Re: It's not the size of your trillion...elpolloguapo 4/2/08 4:08 p.m.
                 Re: I wonder if that's American trillions?ACEfanatic02 4/2/08 2:25 p.m.
                       Umm...stan 4/2/08 3:09 p.m.
                             Re: Umm...Simpsons Rule 4/2/08 3:13 p.m.
                                   Ah...stan 4/2/08 4:46 p.m.
                             Re: Umm...Louis Wu 4/2/08 3:13 p.m.
                             "Debt ceiling" *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 4/2/08 3:46 p.m.
     1 million tests per monthscarab 4/2/08 2:22 p.m.
           Re: 1 million tests per monthStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/2/08 6:26 p.m.
                 Re: 1 million tests per monthscarab 4/3/08 1:38 a.m.
                       Re: 1 million tests per monthStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/3/08 4:10 p.m.
                             Re: 1 million tests per monthscarab 4/3/08 4:44 p.m.
                                   Re: 1 million tests per monthStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/3/08 6:48 p.m.
                                         You, good sir, are a genius *NM*elpolloguapo 4/3/08 8:03 p.m.



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