Monday, May 21, 2007

How to play rock-paper-scissors:

Haven’t a clue what to throw next? Then go with Paper. Why? Statistically, in competition play, it has been observed that scissors is thrown the least often. Specifically, it gets delivered 29.6% of the time, so it slightly under-indexes against the expected average of 33.33% by 3.73%.

The article also offers some tips on how to cheat. My conscience prevents me from quoting them.

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