Re: Futurama Question
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For extra credit suppose the random number generator could hit any integer on the number line. How long would you expect to live then?
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Not to nitpick, but there is no such thing as a uniform probability distribution over the set of all integers, so the question doesn't really have an answer.
It was already noted that the distributions over integers in [-x,+x] gives you an expected waiting time around 2x. So as x goes to infinity, the expected waiting does too. That could justify the answer of "infinity".
alThor
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