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From: john@polo.demon.co.uk (John Winters)
Subject: Re: Results of my test: Re: Friday 13th, try it yourself
Date: 1996/09/26
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.960926130011.17641E-100000@serv1.jump.net>,
Lee Crites  <adonai@jump.net> wrote:
>
[snip]
>However, the results are no different.  Basically, the 13th falls 
>uniformily across each day of the week.
>
[snip]
>If you can't find an error in my scripts below, or an error in the
>calendar entries I sent out earlier, then it is settled.  There is a
>uniform distribution of dates across the day of the week AND a uniform
>distribution of days of the week across dates. 
[snip]
>And finally, here are the results of the run:
>
>Summary of days which the 13th happen on:
>
>      4800 total items
>
>       Sun found  687 times
>       Mon found  685 times
>       Tue found  685 times
>       Wed found  687 times
>       Thu found  684 times
>       Fri found  688 times
>       Sat found  684 times
>     error found    0 times

What a stunning bit of reasoning!  "I want to conclude that there is
no unevenness in the distribution.  My results clearly demonstrate that
there *is*.  Therefore I will assert that my required result is
proven."

Don't ring us, we'll ring you.

John
(Follow ups set appropriately.)
-- 
John Winters.  Wallingford, Oxon, England.