David: When you had 76 successes, was your strategy to never switch? Or did you actually have some sort of strategy (ie - switch sometimes, and not switch other times).
~ Bob --- In [email protected], GameOfDeath2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Yeah, in other words, it's giving a blind man a scrambled cube, > having > > him twirl it around for a bit, and then saying, "I'm done." Sorry, > > getting "lucky" on a Rubik's Cube wasn't a very good way to phrase > it. > > > > Tyson Mao > > MSC #631 > > California Institute of Technology > > > > Now I'm more confused! I must be misunderstanding you because I > thought you were talking a probability of c. 0.76 which seems very > high for randomly solving. > > > On Dec 30, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Stefan Pochmann wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], GameOfDeath2 > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> P(Getting lucky on a Rubik's cube)= > > >> P(Getting lucky|one is on a Rubik's cube)= > > >> [P(Getting lucky)-P(Getting lucky|one is not on a Rubik's cube) > > > *P(One > > >> is not being on a Rubik's cube)]/P(One is on a Rubik's cube) > > >> > > >> at least assuming P(One is on a Rubik's cube)>0. > > > > > > I don't understand this, but what Tyson meant is simply: > > > > > > 1 / numberOf3x3x3CubeStates > > > > > > Cheers! > > > Stefan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
