[yorkshireman]

http://io9.com/5858043/how-unfathomable-were-your-odds-of-coming-into-being

even though i dont always agree with the numbers i do love it when people state the odds on something happening.this one turns out to be a bit of a long shot 

[iwasmexican]

woah

[Stu Littlefair]

The other day I was walking to work and I saw a car with a license plate YR59 JUT. Amazing! What are the odds of me seeing that exact license plate?

Or, in geek speak don't use a-priori statistics to infer the significance of posterior events.

Or, to be frank, if you hadn't been born, chances are your genetically very similar "sibling" would have wandered onto a forum and asked the same question.

[GCW]

The other day I was walking to work and I saw a car with a license plate YR59 JUT. Amazing! What are the odds of me seeing that exact license plate?

I'd say impossible!  YR was the London area code and was phased out in 2001, so it's not possible to have a YR area code with the new age identifiers that include 59   

......geek.....

 

[andy_e]

YR would be yorkshire wouldn't it? More likely to see an SN07.

[aLICErOBERTSfANkLUB]

The other day I was walking to work and I saw a car with a license plate YR59 JUT. Amazing! What are the odds of me seeing that exact license plate?

I'd say impossible!  YR was the London area code and was phased out in 2001, so it's not possible to have a YR area code with the new age identifiers that include 59   

Or, in geek speak don't use a-priori statistics to infer the significance of posterior events.


 

You two have way, way, way, too much time on your hands. Oh shit