The Powder Toy

why this thing is virtually impossible by Mur

Mur
Mur
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23rd Dec 2016
24th Dec 2016
I suck at math, but according to my maths, it has a chance of 1/2 199 023 255 552, or 1/2^41 of sparking the final output. Includes pretty histogram and histogram generator. All credit for the gaussian distributor goes to samm9. Histogram plotter by me.
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Comments

  • Self_Destruct
    Self_Destruct     29th Dec 2016
    @blackantimatter Ermm, no. The spark has a far, far larger chance of going to the center because when it goes to the edges, chances are, it will double back and go closer to the center.
  • romulusnr
    romulusnr     29th Dec 2016
    look it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution
  • eli573
    eli573     29th Dec 2016
    Oh also, I left this on the powder toy running a while and I actually got one on the very right and two ond the very left. This is after leaving it running for a few days. All of the columns in the center were filled to the top.
  • LBPHacker
    LBPHacker     28th Dec 2016
    @blackantimatter: Mathematically or otherwise, nope. Scroll back and see the Maths war this question resulted in.
  • blackantimatter
    blackantimatter     28th Dec 2016
    mathematically, every output should have the same chance...yet somehow it has a strong center-bias.
  • hansungje
    hansungje     28th Dec 2016
    No. It's hopeful. Let's assume that there is 10000 user in TPT. Than if we do this for 0.667 years it may bve possible. I played tpt for 1.5 years so its possible.
  • General_Kenobi
    General_Kenobi     28th Dec 2016
    May the force be with you. +1
  • TheNik
    TheNik     27th Dec 2016
    aerial11: And put it into a box for Schrdingers Bomb! :P
  • aerial11
    aerial11     27th Dec 2016
    very well, now connect it to a bomb
  • Anonym8
    Anonym8     27th Dec 2016
    It does around 240 per minute (give or take). In an hour, 14,400. In a day, 365,600. In a year, 126,144,000. In a century, 12,614,400,000. In a millenium, 126,144,000,000. Times 1.5 is 10 billion off, so basically at 60fps it'd take 1500 years.