Comments on: Was Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Letter Random? A Look at the Numbers…

By: kitchen canisters

kitchen canisters — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:20:44 +0000

Say it isn’t so, that is something a child would do. What happened to you Arnold.

By: MEEEEEEEEEEE

MEEEEEEEEEEE — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:18:02 +0000

YEAH ARNIE…. GOOD FOR YOU….

By: The_Mick

The_Mick — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:48:00 +0000

Without even worrying about upper and lower case, I made the same calculation in a comment on these boards yesterday which Gary Langer has plagiarized (just kidding – anyone with a statistics background knows the formula) in the link in this article. In yesterday’s comment I pointed out that, since there are 26 different letters, the chance of any particular letter appearing in the correct order seven consecutive times is:
1/26 x 1/26 x 1/26 x 1/26 x 1/26 x 1/26 x 1/26 = (1/26)^7 = 1/8,031,810,176 or, rounding, one chance in eight billion of it being random.
The actual odds are greater if you take into account the frequency of upper and lower case letters and the frequency with which Alnold’s veto messages have been exactly seven lines long. Since we don’t have information on those two pieces in information, my guess is that the actual odds are around one chance in a TRILLION!

By: Slrman

Slrman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:01:15 +0000

Sure, he didn’t mean to do that. Nor did he mean to grope women, either.
While I might agree with his sentiment, to blatantly hand out such a message is rather beneath the dignity of a governor. But then, I suspect he has no further political ambitions so probably doesn’t care.

By: GrandOlePartyIsOver

GrandOlePartyIsOver — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:40:50 +0000

I must applaud the Governor for what must have taken him the greater part of an over-paid 8 hour day in the California Governors Office. Yet another political gem brought to you by a failed Republican Party.

By: earl

earl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:55:07 +0000

ARNOLD I’LL BE THERE TO GREET YOU WITH WIT AND STILL BE SMARTER THAN YOU KINDERGARDENERS IN THE ASSEMBLY

By: earl

earl — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:51:46 +0000

your motherinlaw would love your clever ability to let them know what most voters want to say.Just do your job as professionals and quit wasting the people’s money bastards. you people are as disgusting as nasty pigossi,barbara boxer,dianne feintstein and just as ineffective as a dead TED

By: iamwomaninMI

iamwomaninMI — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:03:38 +0000

I don’t even know or care what the bill was regarding, whether it was something I support or am against, but . . . HILARIOUS. Was it intentional? Probably. Will they be able to bust him on it definitively? Probably not. Should anyone waste the time, effort and money trying? Of course not, let it go, his point was made.

By: Too Many Stupid People

Too Many Stupid People — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:51:11 +0000

People are getting killed in Afghanistan and clowns are focusing on whether Arnold did something rather childish (if he did it at all) Come on.

By: Cal frustrated

Cal frustrated — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:05:49 +0000

Maybe he’ll realize the Democrats are not working with him afterall.