Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail
Return-Path: <python-python-list@m.gmane.org>
X-Original-To: python-list@python.org
Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org
X-Spam-Status: OK 0.033
X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.05; 'that?': 0.05; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'wed,': 0.15; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:random': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'pointed': 0.18; 'language': 0.19; 'trying': 0.22; 'lawrence': 0.22; 'am,': 0.23; '2015': 0.23; "i've": 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'header :User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.26; 'chris': 0.26; "i'm": 0.29; 'anyone': 0.32; 'language.': 0.32; "he's": 0.33; 'weeks': 0.34; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.35; 'next': 0.35; 'instance': 0.35; 'but': 0.36; "didn't": 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:org': 0.38; 'is,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'mark': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'ago.': 0.61; 'our': 0.64; 'due': 0.65; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'here': 0.66; 'emails,': 0.73; 'chrisa': 0.84; 'denis': 0.84; 'pythonistas,': 0.84; 'subject:Testing': 0.84; 'dozen': 0.91; 'received:2': 0.93
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: python-list@python.org
From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Testing random
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:41:28 +0100
References: <87oaksowwg.fsf@Equus.decebal.nl> <1451048.pW9z17ilMA@PointedEars.de> <mailman.242.1433677915.13271.python-list@python.org> <3158703.Lr4HFMbMOd@PointedEars.de> <mailman.257.1433694323.13271.python-list@python.org> <1656356.OjxBvjpJ5d@PointedEars.de> <mailman.259.1433695485.13271.python-list@python.org> <5515034.V7dcXEWAvK@PointedEars.de> <88ba163e-74f4-40fa-ab3e-1feeb051b961@googlegroups.com> <17701105.fuEQZlnPee@PointedEars.de> <ff4a8ffd-50fe-4705-b33a-fcf63bcccc11@googlegroups.com> <2089101.KkvqnN9Xah@PointedEars.de> <dfc293e6-01b8-4179-92c3-2d7c2ffcbbe8@googlegroups.com> <3049728.zPiIGXGd9A@PointedEars.de> <abcf102d-e523-49bb-94e9-9a6d15971021@googlegroups.com> <CAPTjJmqLyTaMd85OzaKhdb_MpBsJbBg6UwkVbB2fVSf2pN-=5A@mail.gmail.com>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-2-98-200-46.as13285.net
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0
In-Reply-To: <CAPTjJmqLyTaMd85OzaKhdb_MpBsJbBg6UwkVbB2fVSf2pN-=5A@mail.gmail.com>
X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20+
Precedence: list
List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language <python-list.python.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/>
List-Post: <mailto:python-list@python.org>
List-Help: <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list>, <mailto:python-list-request@python.org?subject=subscribe>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.python
Message-ID: <mailman.543.1434530510.13271.python-list@python.org>
Lines: 21
NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6
X-Trace: 1434530510 news.xs4all.nl 2832 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:47132
X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl
Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:92732

On 17/06/2015 02:01, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:36 AM,  <sohcahtoa82@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, we all know what the gambler's fallacy is, but that's not what anyone is arguing.
>
> The only instance of gambler's fallacy I'm seeing here is "PointedEars
> didn't understand the last dozen emails, so he's due to understand the
> next one". I've given up trying to explain.
>
> ChrisA
>

An alternative explanation is that he's just a plain, old fashioned 
troll, as pointed out by Denis McMahon some weeks ago.  Now what is the 
probability of that? :)

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence