On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Craig J. Lindstrom wrote:

> I agree that the number of collisions is less than would be suggested by
> brute force.  We do the birthday experiment in class.  This semester it
> only took 6 people.

For some reason, every time a professor of mine has done the birthday
experiment, the first person always shares a birthday with somebody else
in the class. (The first time it happened, I was said "somebody else".)
Weird, eh?

  ~ Ross

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