Superthread LXVIII: Honouring Sore Losers from Queensland

[Misanthrope]

I was worried about no longer having my Medicare card (no idea where it went), but my old housemate just FBed me to tell me a new one had arrived at his place last week.

Huzzah!

 

[BunniesMan]

I got my own medicare card for the first time last week. Only a paper version, still waiting for the real thing to arrive.

As much as I'd like to study, I don't think I'll be in Australia long enough to commit to anything unless it's a TAFE course. Do they count?

Yeah Tafe counts. Including online ones you can do from overseas. And you can start uni online through OUA and keep working on it from overseas. There's someone doing the same unit I'm doing in the phillipines.

You said they're paying some of your rent too?

Pretty cosy for you by the sounds.

Not directly but the $200 a week they will send me is more than my rent will be.

 

[Misanthrope]

Might look into both options. I'd like to finish my teaching certification, but doing pracs/residential schools is tough if I'm living abroad.

Maybe I'll look into something in a different direction...

 

[Dani]

I'm finding online courses very difficult. Not only the motivation factor, but not being able to bounce ideas around in a classroom, I'm really struggling with that.

 

[muzby]

I'm finding online courses very difficult. Not only the motivation factor, but not being able to bounce ideas around in a classroom, I'm really struggling with that.

found face to face the way to go..

otherwise, if you can get a good online study group, skype always helps...

 

[BunniesMan]

Online is fun. I had an exam last week and I did it while naked.

 

[muzby]

Keno: A Strategy for Winners

interesting discussion re: statistical odds of winning the lotto..

was having a debate with a guy from work re: odds, particularly when the lotto was getting up around the $100m mark a couple of years ago..

he was saying that if you just bought a ticket with every number possibility it would be about 45 million games, there or thereabouts..

which at $1.10 per game would cost about $49.5m..

he said that would guarantee him the win, and therefore a $50m kitty..

i pointed out that strategy was based on him being the sole winner, because if more than one winner came about (which it traditionally does for bigger draws as more people enter, because, lets face it, who only wants to win $1m or $2m?)

anyways, i am of the strong belief that winning the lotto is greater than a 1 in 45 million chance..

from my rough statistical calculations, i see there being roughtly 5,864,443,200 possible combinations of winning numbers in a 6 number from 45 ball draw.. (which grows to 229 billion when you add in the additional 7th number for oz lotto)

seems a bit high though..

dunno.. any debate as to which it should be?

 

[Dani]

found face to face the way to go..

otherwise, if you can get a good online study group, skype always helps...

I've nearly been convinced (by a doctor of all people) to go to uni with the credits I'll receive with my courses...if I ever finish them...

 

[umina panther]

This weekend I'm moving from the cesspool that is Woy Woy back magnificent Umina

 

[Twizzle]

big move

 

[ek999]

interesting discussion re: statistical odds of winning the lotto..

was having a debate with a guy from work re: odds, particularly when the lotto was getting up around the $100m mark a couple of years ago..

he was saying that if you just bought a ticket with every number possibility it would be about 45 million games, there or thereabouts..

which at $1.10 per game would cost about $49.5m..

he said that would guarantee him the win, and therefore a $50m kitty..

i pointed out that strategy was based on him being the sole winner, because if more than one winner came about (which it traditionally does for bigger draws as more people enter, because, lets face it, who only wants to win $1m or $2m?)

anyways, i am of the strong belief that winning the lotto is greater than a 1 in 45 million chance..

from my rough statistical calculations, i see there being roughtly 5,864,443,200 possible combinations of winning numbers in a 6 number from 45 ball draw.. (which grows to 229 billion when you add in the additional 7th number for oz lotto)

seems a bit high though..

dunno.. any debate as to which it should be?

Your mate is right going off the official OzLotto game odds. Problem is, they actually base that off the minimum of 4 games

Normal lotto is 1:8,145,060 https://tatts.com/nswlotteries/games/oz-lotto/game-rules-and-odds

OzLotto is 1:45,379,620 https://tatts.com/nswlotteries/games/oz-lotto/game-rules-and-odds

 

[butchmcdick]

Checked Facebook and found out its Clint Dogg's birthday

My son's birthday today too (he's 3)

Don't know how to feel about this

 

[muzby]

Your mate is right going off the official OzLotto game odds. Problem is, they actually base that off the minimum of 4 games

Normal lotto is 1:8,145,060 https://tatts.com/nswlotteries/games/oz-lotto/game-rules-and-odds

OzLotto is 1:45,379,620 https://tatts.com/nswlotteries/games/oz-lotto/game-rules-and-odds

so that would make my figure close to correct on a single game basis.. Sweet..

 

[Misanthrope]

Online is fun. I had an exam last week and I did it while naked.

I did do online for the first semester of the teaching degree I never bothered finishing. I didn't mind it, and really enjoyed residential schools, but ended up quitting because I couldn't balance it with work and moving around so often.

I've nearly been convinced (by a doctor of all people) to go to uni with the credits I'll receive with my courses...if I ever finish them...

Why are you surprised that a doctor would suggest something that would be beneficial to you?

 

[Dani]

It took me 10 years to go back to school for a reason. That's all.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

New Adventure Time just hasn't been as good as previous seasons.

 

[umina panther]

It took me 10 years to go back to school for a reason. That's all.

Im the same Dani, we got dis

 

[Misanthrope]

New Adventure Time just hasn't been as good as previous seasons.

Whaaat? You're a crazy person. First two episodes were great additions to the canon, the recent Fionna & Cake one was hilarious, and the guest special - while weird - was really cool IMO.

A bit hard to judge a season on the first few episodes. They always drop off a little in terms of story after the opener.

And how could you not love Breezy?

 

[Dani]

Im the same Dani, we got dis

Stop motivating me dammit!

 

[Dani]

Settle an argument for me everyone. On a scale of 1-10 how weird is it that I put salt on my porridge instead of sugar?