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  2. From: goddard@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Bart E. Goddard)
  3. Newsgroups: sci.math
  4. Subject: Re: probability = 0
  5. Date: 5 Jan 1993 18:08:34 GMT
  6. Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
  7. Lines: 13
  8. Message-ID: <1icir2INNn12@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>
  9. References: <9301051655.AA22441@aplpy.jhuapl.edu>
  10. Reply-To: goddard@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Bart E. Goddard)
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  12.  
  13. In article <9301051655.AA22441@aplpy.jhuapl.edu> louis@aplpy.jhuapl.edu (Louis  
  14. Vasquez) writes:
  15. > Hello,
  16. [...]
  17. >     Anyone care to comment?
  18. >     Lou,
  19. >     louis@aplpy.jhuapl.edu
  20.  
  21. Even though the probability of an event is zero, it can happen.
  22. (The probability that I would attain this exact physical stature was zero,
  23. and yet, here I am, living proof...)  You're both right.
  24.  
  25. bart
  26.