tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sun Dec 03 14:10:05 1995
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Re: Klingon Language Roleplaying Game
- From: Joel Nagy <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Klingon Language Roleplaying Game
- Date: Sun, 3 Dec 1995 17:19:43 -0500
At 01:05 PM 12/3/95 -0800, you wrote:
>On Sun, 3 Dec 1995, Joel Nagy wrote:
>
>> a nine or a seven sided polyhedron does exist.
>>
>> A nine or a seven sided die does not.
>>
>> This is because in games of chance each side of the die must be of
>> equivalent shape in order to present the same chance of the die landing on
>> any side.
>> A six sided die has a 1 in 6 chance to land on any side a seven sided die
>> would not have a 1 in 7 because of unequivalent sides.
>
>Why not? All it would take is sides of equivalent area, if not equivalent
>shape. eg. for the 7 sided die, you could make it up of 2 pentagons and 5
>rectangles. All you need to do is figure out the right side ratio for the
>rectangles to give it the same area as the pentagon. Even easier: take an
>8 sided die, and change the 8 to a 0. Now you have a "7 sided die" <grin>
>L8r.
>
>
AAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First off let me tell you why I know you can't have an odd numbered DIE
(,but you can have an odd numbered POLYHEDRON; however that does not mean it
can be a DIE).
I have 5 years of experience in drafting
I have 9+ years of experience in Role Playing games
I have taken up to Calculus 3 in math as well as Probability and Statistics
courses.
It is IMPOSIBLE to have a die with an odd number of sides because of this
thing called chance. To give each side a fair chance of coming up the sides
must be of the same Shape AND Size.
END OF CONVERSATION.
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