athematically the house pays out an expected
infinite number of dollars over time. Exponential growth in winnings
doesn't offset exponential risk in taking a loss because, once you hit
a certain point, the money on the table is worth more than the 50%
chance of having twice as much.
Chip
On 2005-12-26 05:01:07 -0500, "Gekitsuu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I've been reading a lot of python modules lately to see how they work
> and I've stumbled across something that's sort of annoying and wanted
> to find out of there was a good reason behind it. In a Perl program
> when you're cal