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Alignment of a small charge with a directionless coral tree. (11), not (12).
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
modified 5-May-21 5:07am.
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Do you mean that the same word negated is one letter longer than the original?
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typical ... atypical just for an example!
No, I left the (12) in for the benefit of anyone who had started with that, to make the correction obvious. I probably should have used strikeout.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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alignment of (definition & indicator)
a small charge ion
with a directionless (anagram)
coral tree correlate
correlation
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Yep. and YAUT.
Care to add the solution?
[edit] crossed in the mail...
minor tweak to the solution - directionless also meaning missing an 'E'. (That's where I miscounted in the original.)
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Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I edited it with the solution after submitting it.
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Ah yes, directionless meaning to drop one of NESW. Didn't even think of that.
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When and where the Chinese rocket will hit earth.
The winner will earn the largest chunk of the rocket...
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I'm going to guess "in the Pacific Ocean".
Since it covers 30% of the Earth's surface, it's the most likely "landing site", and I don't think it'll all burn up on reentry.
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Their pervious crash was at Ivory Coast (Atlantic Ocean) - so you may be wrong too...
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Yeah, but the Atlantic is only 20% of the surface area, so that's 1:5 where the Pacific is closer to 1:3.
The odds are with me here. 
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The scientists stated (or at least that what the journalist stated) that the probability of dropping on water is 71% - I would say it is 50-50...
And from that they concluded that it would not land on settled areas (and injure someone) with a probability of 83% (seems like a number randomly picked by someone) - I would say it is 50-50...
Way to high of probabilities to left to to chance IMHO...
"The only place where Success comes before Work is in the dictionary." Vidal Sassoon, 1928 - 2012
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Getting numbers like that isn't hard. A first approximation is just to look at the percentages of sea, land, and populated land between +/-42 (44?) degrees latitude - the parts of the Earth that the boosters orbit takes it over, a refined value would take into account that the orbits shape means it spends more time over the areas near the N/S limits of it's ground track and weight the areas based on that. Once it gets to within a day or two of re-entry you could refine even more by factoring in exactly what's under each of its orbital passes instead of aggregate around the world numbers. At that point the values would be adjusting themselves at ever increasing rates as the maximum number of possible orbits goes down.
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It is very nice, but the probability of event is depends on the possible outcomes... And there are only two of them - it will hit someone or will not... That makes it a 50-50... Which is horrible...
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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: It is very nice, but the probability of event is depends on the possible outcomes... And there are only two of them - it will hit someone or will not... That makes it a 50-50... Which is horrible...
It's only "50-50" in the same sense that a coin can land on a flat side or the curved edge when flipped.
(some day I need to do a giant facepalm)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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If we're being picky about numbers here, why does the original question involve multiple ladies but only one gentleman? 
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If you have a bag with 999 blue balls and 1 red ball and you reach in to pick one randomly, there are only two outcomes but the odds are definitely not 50 - 50 of getting a blue or red ball.
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It's not "interactive" if I don't get to control where to send it... 
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OriginalGriff wrote: The odds are with me here. 
Well, there is 70% chance that it is not in the pacific ocean, so I beg to differ 
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Yes, but ... "not the Pacific" isn't a specific place at all!
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Well, I don't see in the rules how specific it should be, so I do bet in not pacific hahaha.
Actually I think I will bet planet Earth
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Didn't saw that before, but that is exactly what concerns me... It is a big f* risk, but seems China does not care...
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