Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   Thanks for not answering the question.

> He's saying that the probability of getting heads while tossing a coin is
> 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ....
> Nothing forces heads to appear.
> Yet if you toss an *infinite* number of times, the total probability is 
> exactly equal to one, which means it is 100% guaranteed.

  So at which point exactly will it happen with 100% certainty?
What are the exact mechanics which cause it to happen?

  "At infinity" is the same thing as "never" in this case.

> Resolve this discrepency, in your mind, and you'll understand why 
> shakespeare must appear.

  Once you explain to me the discrepancy that an event having zero
probability can happen.

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                                                          - Warp

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