My first thread in over a year

[Treize]

Honestly you missed the point of what I was trying to state, so I will put it into simpler terms for you. The odds of getting a 50/50 ratio on a 3 sided object are impossible. That is all I was getting at. Then the conversation turned to flipping verses rolling. With a flip the possible outcome is more limitless then the odds of rolling a coin.

We aren't saying that it is impossible to have the coin land on its side. If we are dealing with a standard coin (which I am sure is meant) the outcomes would most likely round to Heads: 50.00%, Tails: 50.00%, Side: 0.00%. The probability of getting a standard coin to land on its side is so low, that it can basically be considered 0%. If you don't believe this, than try flipping a coin 1000 or more times and see if you get it to land on its side. I know that in my life, I have never seen a coin land on its side.

That is a contradiction. Should I go further in depth? Almost surely is a bull shit concept. Is that plain enough English for you: that is like calling something a near miss.

I do not see that as a contradiction. I'm not sure how "near miss" and "almost surely" relate. They are completely different.

Actually I wouldn’t of said it if I didn’t mean it. The point I was arguing was the fact that you do not have a true 50/50 chance. And you have already agreed and then disagreed, please make up your mind this is becoming quite obtuse (wow I threw a big word out there too, go me)

I don't get where you get this .1% chance that the coin will land on its side. From what I can tell, the probability is much lower and as I said would round to 0%.

I think that you are just being nitpicky right now because you didn't guess the answer that Autumn explained.