2 questions about luck?
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I answered this question about black cats earlier, look around for the other person who asked it. As for knock on wood:\n\n"To touch wood or knock on wood is a superstition action to ward off any evil consequences or bad luck, perhaps because of some recent action you’ve taken or untimely boasting about your good fortune (“I’ve never been in danger of drowning, touch wood”); it can also be a charm to bring good luck.\n\nThe origin is unknown, though some writers have pointed to pre-Christian rituals involving the spirits of sacred trees such as the oak, ash, holly or hawthorn. There is, I’m told, an old Irish belief that you should knock on wood to let the little people know that you are thanking them for a bit of good luck. There’s also a belief that the knocking sound prevents the Devil from hearing your unwise comments. Others have sought a meaning in which the wood symbolises the timber of the cross, but this may be a Christianisation of an older ritual. It wasn’t always wood that was lucky: in older days, iron was also thought to have magical properties, and to touch iron was an equivalent preventative against ill-fortune.\n\nThe phrase itself is relatively modern, as the oldest citation for the British version of the phrase, touch wood, that I can find dates only from 1899. The American equivalent knock on wood is roughly contemporary, with my first example from 1905."
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This is a good probability problem -- I LOVE probability problems.  This is really asking 4 different questions.  First, what are the chances of the first pull being black.  (9 total socks, 5 are black ...).  Then what are the chances of the second one being blue (Keep in mind that now you only have EIGHT socks in the drawer, unless you put the last one back - so 1 blue and eight total socks).  Then chances of a brown sock with only 7 socks left (3 brown, seven total socks).  \n\nWhen you get all those probabilities, in order to see what the chances of this AND this AND this happening, you have to multiply the fractions (if it was "What are the chances of this OR this happening, you'd add them).\n\nGood luck.  This stuff is FUN!  (Especially if you ever want to go to VEGAS!)
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It's not about luck.  It's about working hard.  Saving.  Making smart and conservative decisions about your finances.  If you're looking to get rich quick, forget it.  If you need help, look to a financial professional to help you with a plan
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they pick luck from the ground :D
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themselves and chance
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Usually, its about the crappy people at work but today I would like\nto vent about the fact that I play the lottery twice a week since it \nstarted up  and I probably get 4 #s as a win 2- 3 times a year, I \ndo not break even . I never hear of anyone winning .Why ? and\nWhy can't I hit it big, just once ? What does the state of Ct do \nwith all that money ?
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Yes i can say there are so many events that you can believe 50/50 chances.\n\nAs you said 50/50 is calculating for 100. means you have 2 chances.\n\n1. Toss the coin: to get head or tail you have 50/50 chance\n2. If a women is giving birth: the baby may be BOY/GIRL 50/50 Chance\n\n3. for this question : someone give the answer: which is correct/not correct   50/50 chance.\n........... \nyou can find somany events which are having 50/50 chances
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luck [luk]\nn \n1.  good fortune: good fortune \na stroke of luck \n \n2.  chance: the arbitrary distribution of events or outcomes \na game of luck \n \n3.  event determined by chance: something that seems to happen by chance rather than as a logical consequence  \n4.  fortunate or unfortunate event: something fortunate or unfortunate that happens to somebody, or a series of such events \nJust my luck! \n \n5.  something bearing luck: an event, action, or object regarded as bringing good or bad luck \nIt’s said to be bad luck to walk under ladders. \n \n\n\n[15th century. Origin uncertain: probably from Low German luk . The word was most likely borrowed as a gambling term.]
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I found this site and quoted the site,  Please see the url in sources to find more information\n""Horseshoes were also considered lucky because they were made by blacksmiths, which is also considered a very lucky trade. Because they worked with elemental fire and magical \niron""\n\n""many believe that to hang it with the ends pointing upwards is good luck as it acts as a storage container of sorts for any good luck that happens to be floating by, whereas to hang it with the ends pointing down, is bad luck as all the good luck will fall out. Others believe that no matter which way you hang the horseshoe, good luck will come. According to this superstition, the ends-pointing-down display simply means that the good luck is able to flow out and surround the home. If the horseshoe is hung over a doorway, ends up will catch good luck and ends down will let the good luck spill over the door and stop evil from entering. ""
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luck is just a myth. Luck helps those that help themselves.\nStill, there are plenty of other reasons not your fault for not getting a job: a relative of the employer could be next in line or they are looking for someone with more experience
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Not only do I believe in luck, but luck is a real thing. Probabilities explain certain events, but repeatedly beating probabilities is what "luck" is.
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When your luck runs out!!!
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Greetings:\n\nHaving selected one of the four, the probability that person #2 will have a different date of birth is 364/365 (if we seek no repeats, #2 can have any 364 of 365 possible b.days).  Similarly, having selected two, the probability that #3 will have a unique d.o.b. is 363/365 (any 363 of 365 possible dates okay).  Finally, for #4, the probability is 362/365.  Hence by the multiplication property, the probability that all four will have different b.days is given by, (364/365)(363/365)(362/365) = (364)(363)(362)/(365)^3 = 0.984 to three places.\n\nRegards,\n\nNikkor180
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Probability of getting one head = 1/2\nProbability of getting two heads = (1/2) * 2 = 1/4\nYou have a 25% chance of getting a head two times...\nAnd 12.5% chance of getting a head 3 times...\nAnd 6.25% chance of getting a head 4 times...\n.\n.\n.\nAnd 0.09765625% chance of getting a head 10 times!!! :)
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i don't believe the person above me got the second part right.  he is right about the beginning - the first probability is 2/5:\n\npossible numbers to draw: 2 4 6 11 13 15\n\nso you can choose any of these six out of the fifteen given (6/15 = 2/5).  the next number you draw must be also a "winning" number.  BUT, you have to have an even number less than 7 AND an odd number greater than 10.  this gives us two scenarios:\n\nIF the first number picked was even and <7, then the possible numbers you can pick from are ONLY: 11 13 15, since picking another even number <7 will not meet your requirements.  this gives us a probablity of 3/14, since there are 3 "winning" numbers out of the 14 numbers left.\n\n\nIF the first number picked was odd and >10, then the possible numbers you can pick from are ONLY: 2 4 6, since picking another odd number >10 will not meet your requirements.  this gives us a probablity of 3/14, since there are 3 "winning" numbers out of the 14 numbers left.\n\nSO, finally, suppose you go with the first scenario.  the probability would be: (6/15)*(3/14) = 3/35  going with the second scenario will give you the same thing, 3/35.  thus adding these two, since you can have either scenario occur and still meet your requirements, gives you: 3/35+3/35 = 6/35.\n\nAnd that would be the odds: 6/35.
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Are 2 possiblities:\n1- Getting a job: 100% opportunities to get it.\n2- Winning the lottery: 0,000000000000......1% every 1000000000000 years.\n\nMake your own conclusions.
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I don't understand. Given what to GOD? There is no bad luck by the way only circumstances.