Re: TIB: wieghted dice

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Subject: Re: TIB: wieghted dice
From: Rene Kragh Pedersen <u971168@daimi.aau.dk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 06:26:56 +0100
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TGaArdvark wrote:
> 
> >>> How is it possible that higher numbers have a greater probability than
> >>> lower ones - even if it is small? If you have perfectly even dice,
> >>> isn't it even chance of any number?
> >>
> >> The higher numbered dice have more holes and are therefore very
> >> slightly lighter.
> >
> >  - What about dice that use numerals instead of holes? I have a lot of
> > those...
> 
> And people say there is no such thing as a stupid question. THAT
> WOULDN'T APPLY THEN, HUH?

You should relax for a second.
Contemplate, if you will, the possibility that a lot of people might be
using that kind of dice to roll up their D&D characters. Now, exactly
the fact that weighting wouldn't apply proves my point: the difference
is insignificant, otherwise people wouldn't be using them. Using a
program to "unbalance" the dice is more likely to obscure the
probabilities rather than provide a realistic image. Easy, but
pointless.

-- 
          Rene Kragh Pedersen
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Re: TIB: wieghted dice

From: TGaArdvark <TGaArdvark@aol.com>