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darklajid on June 11, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Security vulnerability in MySQL ubuntu

Maybe.

If you roll a dice 6 times, will one result be a 6?

vladd on June 11, 2012 | [–]

The probably of NOT hitting a 6 value even after six throws is:

(5/6)^6 = 0.335

For the original question:

(255/256)^256 = 0.367

so yes, you'll succeed in 63.3% of the cases.

Pfiffer on June 11, 2012 | [–]

Probably.

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