Posts Made By: James Brown

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

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For the record you're a math illiterate.

I thought you claimed to be some kind of math guy?

You can't even calculate simple percentages into their fractional equivalent in your head? 

I'm guessing that you really don't know math because if I remember correctly I learned how to do that around 2nd grade.

Let's get some other facts straight here.  Your posting said 99.99% of people couldn't survive a knife attack.  It did not say 99.999%.

You wrote 99.99% here in posting #6:  https://astromart.com/forums/commentary-careful-read-the-terms-of-service/politics/this-is-a-funny-place?page=1

Your words from that post:  JL:  " Running away is the only practical way to survive a knife attack for 99.99% of the population"

Not a big deal that you didn't remember that.


However, your other statement above that I placed in Bold is SO damned stupid, I'm hard pressed as to how to even approach such a statement that indicates such illiteracy in basic math. 

You claimed that 99.999% translates to 1 in 99,999 people.  WRONG.  It translates to odds of 1 in 100,000 people, not 1 in 99,999 people.  

I have to say that I'm truly shocked that you would put your ignorance on display here for the whole world to see, (LITERALLY since this is worldwide website).

In fact, your response is just SO damned stupid that I'm almost embarrassed for you that I have to correct your statement.

To calculate percentages, fractional equivalents are taken as a portion of 100%.  Simple enough to understand, correct?

I'll try to make this easy for a person with a 2nd grade understanding of math OK?  

Let's take a raffle of tickets to win a prize so that you can follow the bouncing ball.

If we have a raffle involving 10 tickets, and we sell all 10 tickets, and choose out of the barrel 1 ticket to take the prize, then there are 9 people who will NOT win the prize and 1 person who WILL win the prize.  That translates to 1 in 10 odds, not 1 in 9.  That's because 10 tickets were sold, not 9.

Well then, if I say 9/10 people will not win a raffle of 10 tickets, and 1 person will, that translates to odds of 1/10 winning.  Do you agree?  

It isn't 1 in 9 will win. 1/10 will win.

Now then if we continue on and I have a raffle of 100 tickets and 100 people play, then there are 99 people who will NOT win the raffle and 1 person WILL win the raffle.  

That translates into odds of 1/100 people, not 1 in 99.

Now then let's just extrapolate the numbers out shall we?  

If the raffle is for 1 winner in 1000 tickets sold, then the odds of 1 person winning is 1/1000 tickets sold, NOT 1/999 tickets.  

If the raffle is for 1 winner in 10,000 tickets sold, then the odds of 1 person winning is 1/10,000 NOT 1/9,999.

And subsequently if the raffle is for 1 winner in 100,000 tickets sold, that means 99,999 did NOT win, but 1 did.  

That translates to 1/100,000 NOT 1/99,999 as you stated above.

If you can't even calculate simple percentages in fractional form you are utterly ignorant as far as math goes.  

(insert head slap here)

Originally Posted by James Brown

I think you went to bed too early Greg - Warnock is up and how the heck can Walker beat him in a runoff?  I'm thinking that the 2% who voted Libertarian are likely to pick Warnock over Walker in the runnoff.

I asked myself last night, "why is Kemp doing better than Walker by this much?"

I answered myself:

1.  Kemp is competent and popular
2.  Kemp is the incumbent
3.  Abrahms has worn out her welcome and is an easier opponent
4.  Most importantly, the religious right, many of whom actually do hold life sacred, can't have been too pleased with Walker's love-babies and alleged abortions.

In such a climate, the only thing Walker has going for him in the runoff is Kemp's support (I presume).  Who do you think wins the runoff this time around?  Like two years ago, control of the Senate probably hangs on this runoff.

Jim

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Not to worry, I will post photos of that "FAKE vanity" that I'm currently finishing which has already developed into another big kitchen remodel job for me beginning in January!   LOL   

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

And btw, you're free to gloat regarding your happiness that the left didn't lose the Senate.  

I've always found your cheers when Democrats win to be rather odd for a guy who says he's a Republican over and over here trying to convince everyone that he really is. 

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Thank you for the encouragement.  I'm curious so I'll ask you this, are you still working on all those accomplishments that the governor you love has provided you because as you stated you just "I just Love living in Blue Colorado"? 

Is there any chance that you'll be providing the list of all the things you love about Jared Polis and why you now LOVE living in BLUE Colorado, or are you going to do your usual dodge of the tough questions?  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Thank you for the encouragement.  I'm curious so I'll ask you this, are you still working on all those accomplishments that the governor you love has provided you because as you stated you just "I just Love living in Blue Colorado"? 

Is there any chance that you'll be providing the list of all the things you love about Jared Polis and why you now LOVE living in BLUE Colorado, or are you going to do your usual dodge of the tough questions?  

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

However, I'll ask you again what you "Love about living in BLUE Colorado".   Why is BLUE better in Colorado than RED?  

Can you explain that?  

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

The other big news on issues decided thus far: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/michigan-proposal-3-supporting-abortion-rights-wins-big
Keep codifying abortion rights into state constitutions...

Originally Posted by Russ Carroll

You are accidentally correct. The people being lied to are the election deniers and whacky conspiracy morons in the Trump base. Apparently, many, many independents and others reject people that have no grip on reality in office.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

For the record, 99.999% translates to odds of 1 in 99,999. So, clearly, you have no idea what you are talking about, and cannot be trusted on any subject.