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Hi, .Dave.
I just popped awake myself and staggered over to the laptop, so I'm not too lucid either. But I think we're thinking along the same lines. Under the old coin flipping theory, the probability of the coin coming up heads is 50% with every toss, even if it has come up tails 10 times in a row. But if you toss the damned thing enough times without losing it eventually heads and tails will even out. Or something like that. Right now I've got to pee so bad I could care less. See you later.
posted by
notapoet
on August 21, 2007 at 1:44 AM
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I don't know the lyrics, but my take is this: most people are statistically likely to get an equal proportion of good and bad luck over a lifetime. Sometimes the bad luck comes along like buses and the trough seems too deep and you feel like you're doomed. Then the scales of happenstance tip back equally inexplicably the other way and you get some of the good. So, after any run of bad luck, it's statistically likely that good luck is just around the corner. Something like that. I haven't woken up properly yet.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on August 21, 2007 at 1:13 AM
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Pat_B
Thanks for your concern. I admit my little reality check may have sounded like a downer, but I'm optimistic about the future. I figure all of those coin flips are going to even out some day and it might as well be now. The small branch library nearby does have computers and I've used them in the past. But they will not allow patrons to bring in and use their own discs, and they have time limits. I have used my son's computer on occasion. So if the laptop were to die tonight I would still be able to get some work done. Transportation will continue to be at least a minor problem for a while. But now that I've got some lead time, I think I'll be able to deal with it after a fashion. Considering the apparent genre of your novel I'm not surprised we have some common tastes in reading matter. I've been reading more fantasy and horror recently because their seems to be more opportunity there as far as breaking in is concerned. I'm not that good at hard science anyway.
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notapoet
on August 20, 2007 at 4:45 PM
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Wow, and you were so light and encouraging on my blog -- I shoulda been
here saying something cheerful and optimistic to you. Do you have access to your public library? And if so, do they have computers you could use? The library here in quiet town has free computers, internet access, WiFi, and laptops, too. I hope you get to cover your games.
BTW, I checked your "about me" and spotted some of my favorite writers on your list.
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Pat_B
on August 20, 2007 at 4:24 PM
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