scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> >> Now simply replace "head being tossed" with "this sequence of characters
> >> being the works".
> >
> >  You talk as if I had said somewhere that in the infinite case the
> > probability does *not* equal 1. I don't remember saying such a thing.

> You said:

> > That's, in fact, the exact same thing as saying "never".

> Never is a probability of exactly 0, yet you've just agreed that the 
> probability is actually exactly 1.  Make your mind up :-)

  Great out of context quote.

  The "never" was not referring to "will it appear?". It referred to
"is it *forced* to appear"?

  No, at no point is it forced to appear. Thus it's *never* forced to
appear. That's not the same thing as "it will never appear".

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                                                          - Warp

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