Pony Joe 582 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) The Birthday Paradox states that when 23 people's birthdays are compared, the chances of 2 birthdays being identical is 50%! With 57 people, it reaches 99%! So, I want to try a little experiment. For each post, put your birthday and continue the count. We will see exactly how many posts it takes for us to find a match. Let's begin! My birthday is March 22nd, and I will start the count at ONE. Birthdays so far March 22 June 6 September 1 October 31 August 25 April 3 June 18 June 29 January 28 September 9 October 14 December 8 April 28 September 1 March 27 March 10 March 22 June 20 April 29 February 25 December 15 May 30 December 8 August 25 May 26 May 13 December 31 July 8 Posts: 28 Total matches found: 4 Edited November 1, 2011 by Pony Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slendermane 472 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Hello. My birthday is June 6th, the anniversary of storming the beaches at Normandy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finesthour 7,277 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 My name is gary, and I was born September 1st. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizzarePony 199 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) Andrew. October 31. Halloween, incidentally. Three. Edited October 16, 2011 by Doctor Stitches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolarFlare 21 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) my name is Aylin (Mexican girl name) August 25th Edited October 16, 2011 by solarflare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slictz 110 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 My name is Johan and my birthday is April 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom The Diamond 1,822 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 June 18th. 6th count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoop 8,383 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Mike. June 29. Close, but no cigar, Tom. Numero seveno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discord! 179 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) January 28th (8) Edited October 16, 2011 by Discord! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoop 2,274 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 September nine, and it appears we've already had a post count error of two three's above, so this is no.10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiaaaaa 174 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 My name is Celestia and my birthday is whenever I fucking feel like it. (not counting because troll post) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Bloom 2,901 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Why must we state our names? Oh well, I'm Elvis (really, that's my name) and my birthday was yesterday, October the 14th. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Linguz 136 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I'll give it a whirl. #12 - December 8th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pony Joe 582 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) Why must we state our names? I never said you had to state your names. EDIT: Crap, I did! I'm sorry, I meant to say "birthday." Honestly. I have no clue what happened. Edited October 16, 2011 by Pony Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinyl Scratch 256 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 April 28th, 1989. Other people with that day include Jay Leno, Harper Lee, Jessica Alba, Nina from 3rd Rock, Kim Gordon and King Edward the 4th. Oh yeah, and Saddam Hussein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
HomuraBL 848 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 (edited) Ryan, I was born on september 1st...I see someone up there with that birthday as well. (13)? Edited October 16, 2011 by RaccoonBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Octavia2 83 Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Donovan, March 27. post 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pony Joe 582 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 And we have our first match with only 14 posts! Let's see how long it takes for another! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyraHeartstrings 477 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Moop, March 10th No, Moop's not my real name, but that's how I go on the interwebz and would like it to stay that way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
(insert username) 53 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 March 22. The look of disbelief on my face was UNIMAGINABLE and INTENSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Marvelous 540 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 june 20th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mare of Night 6 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Dayum, mine is April 29th. THAT CLOSE MAN, THAT CLOSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartstrings 102 Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Sebastian, February 25th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pony Joe 582 Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 20 posts and we have 2 matches ALREADY?! Looks like the BP isn't so far-fetched after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLARE 950 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 8th July. WHOO first person in july Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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