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Subject: Re: Testing random
Date: Sun, 07 Jun 2015 16:41:19 -0400
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On Sun, Jun 7, 2015, at 16:09, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
> No.  AISB, those sequences all have the same probability:

Yes and the probability of getting _any_ of the sequences, is the sum of
the probabilities for each one of the sequences individually.