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Sound: Bodom shines even brighter on their follow-up to "Something Wild". "Hatebreeder" is a step up from their previous album since the tunes are a bit faster and incorporate a lot more melody and technique than "Something Wild" did. On the other hand, it still packs quite a punce in terms of heaviosity and you can even hear the bass a lot more in this one. In my personal opinion, this second-coming only makes me think even greater of Bodom. The songs are fresh-sounding and as innovative as "Something Wild" was and is much more memorable. The neo-classical sound is ever-present on this album as well, so Bodom fans will enjoy it very much. And the soloing is even bolder and longer this time around too! Janne Warman makes an even bigger presence in "Hatebreeder" as well, so basically, it seems like this album had a lot more band collaboration as opposed to just one or 2 members arranging the tunes. // 10
Lyrics: Alexi explodes with even more powerful vocals on this album. Especially in songs like "Bed Of Razors" and "Warheart". His singing is even more so chilling and a lot clearer too, which makes this album that much easier to listen to. Also, there are some interesting war yells in some tunes, as well as a collaboration from Alexi's other band's singer, Kiberly Goss (from Sinergy). All in all, Hatebreeder makes a lot of steps forward in terms of vocals and lyrics, which is always a good thing as far as I'm concened. // 9
Overall Impression: This album is just as mind-blowing as "Something Wild" is. Honestly, in terms of a genre, Bodom only seems comparable to themselves because nobody out there (at least not to my knowledge) sounds like them. Every song, like on "Something Wild" is totally amazing as well. However, if I had to pick a few, they'd be: the title track, "Bed Of Razors", "Black Widow" & "Children Of Bodom"-especially that outro keyboard solo! This album's a little bit longer than their first, but not long enough however. Just the same, it shows that Bodom once again proved unable to release filler material! I would never lose this album-it's too precious! But if I did, you can warrant that it'll be replaced or retrieved somehow. Basically, fans of heavy, technical & melodic music will not be disappointed! // 10
Sound: Jesus Christ! That guy can play guitar! Wish he'd only stop singing...
No really, this is a killer album as far as the sound. Classical meets heavy/death metal. Once in a while these albums come along that hasn't got one bad song on it (usually at least 1 song sucks...). Main man of the band, Alexi Laiho (who calls himself, very cool "Wildchild"...) knows what scales to use. Maybe it's because of his violin experience? Anyway, he is still very young (21, I believe) and promises to be a future guitar god (if he still isn't). We are gonna hear from them... // 10
Lyrics: At first I thought the singing was terrible, you just couldn't hear what he was singing... Later on I got used to his Alexi's voice and now I'm just fine with it. It means to me that I "accept" his singing, but just don't listen to this album for the great singing in it! But of course, like in every deathmetal band, the lyrics are about death, destruction and that stuff... (if you're looking for something else, listen to Opeth...). // 8
Overall Impression: Master album! Definitely the best one by COB so far, I haven't seen them matching up to this. I think the great difference between this and the later albums is that later on Alexi already knew he was a guitar god, and somehow bragged with this.
Also the later albums are much less classically inspired, which means that they are of course classically inspired (it is the COB....) but much less than I liked in Hatebreeder.
First I copied this CD, later when I was very much into COB I also bought it (well, I got it for Christmas...).
Top songs from the album: Towards dead end, Silent night Bodom night, Downfall. // 10
Sound: Production was splendid and the sound of the album easily surpasses that of "Something Wild." The originality however does not the album sounds very much like the previous and if someone told me that it was double album for the first one, I'd believe them. The the keyboard integration is more evident however and adds a degree of freshness that is absent from most other areas. Songs like "Downfall" and "Bed Of Razors" are good examples of more proficient an dmusical use of the keyboards. // 8
Lyrics: Hard to make out which is good I guess since the lyrics are extremely simple in nature and deal with much the same themes as the previous album. The band is not noted for it's lyrics, but rather the low growl vocal technique along with amazing guitar technique, so its easy to forgive them for a simplistic lyrical structure. // 7
Overall Impression: Although I was not 100% amazed by the sound or lyrics compared with the first album, I can't help but love the album for it's overall quality especially if it is not compared to "Something Wild." "Bed Of Razors" and "Black Widow" are impressive tracks that stood out. // 9
Sound: Holy cow, COB's sound on this album is incredibly mindblowing. The album never seems to let up. From the opening "Warheart" to the very impressive closer "Downfall", the band always delivers. Alexi's guitar playing is mind bending. All the riffs and solos are top-notch. Henkka's bass playing is great too, he makes up his own rythmn other than just blending the riffs. Jaska, the drummer is fantastic, his blast beats are tight and his overall playing is exciting. The rythmn guitarist, Alexander is also very good. Their keyboardist, Janne is amazing. He produces sounds that aren't cheesy, but fit the atmosphere of the music perfectly. Every song contains a very good solo, or with the help of keyboards. The highlights of the album are Black Widow, Silent Night, Bodom Night, Children of Bodom, and Downfall. Musicmanship is such a level of quality you won't believe your ears. My favorite song, Downfall contains the most entertaining guitar intro I've heard in a while. The song also contains the best of all the band has to offer. Overall, this band blew me away on the overall sound. // 9
Lyrics: The vocals have never been a strenght of COB. They have relied more on their instruments. Alexi uses black metal vocals through the entire album. The songs are most about death and the Lake Bodom murders. The lyrics aren't really good nor are they really bad, they're just acceptable. // 7
Overall Impression: Compared to most modern metal these days, this is mostly a breath of fresh air. COB have outdone themselves once again, this album may not have the the melody of Follow The Reaper, or the cheesy sound of Hatecrew Deathroll, but this ablum is my personal favorite. I just love the fresh music, the finese of the instruments. I don't like the fact they only contain lyrics to four of the songs on the CD. But the music itself makes up for it. Overall if you like metal in general, considering COB combine a lot of metal in their music. You will thorougly enjoy this cd. But I suggest you start of with Hatecrew Deathroll if you want to get into COB. // 9
Sound: The album is musically mindblowing from start to finish. Very innovative, melodic like hell, even though not very heavy. If you want to describe it's sound in one sentence, it's classical music meets extreme metal. If you listen to the riffs and keyboards, you can clearly hear classical influence (and straightforward classical riffing and keys). The skill level of the band is amazing. Alexi Laiho does amazing leads, the best he ever did I'd say, his solos are also very impressive very much inspired by classical music. Rhythm guitarist Alexander Kuoppala manages to his job very well, even though on this album it sure isn't easy. Janne Warman, handling the keyboards makes them not just a "nice addition" but an important element of the album's sound and atmosphere, notable examples: Downfall, Bed of Razors, Children of Bodom, Silent Night, Bodom Night. Drumming is done by Jaska W. Raatikainen, and in one word is great, just listen to his blastbeats and ability to create drum parts that mix very well with the albums guitars and keys. Finally, there's bassist Henkka T. Blacksmith, his bass parts are heard throughout the album, and his style is kind of different from most metal bassists, in a good way. I don't think that you'll ever be bored while listening to this album, it just picks you up and takes you with it to the end, never easing up on the phase and atmosphere, there is not one boring song, or one bad solo. Especially impressing are the keyboard+guitar solos, as the band manages to blend the two very well just listen to the Silent Night, Bodom Night solo and you'll get what I mean. Overall, I'm very satisfied. // 10
Lyrics: Well, lyrics are not good or bad on this album, they are preety generic. War, anger, hate, despair, and in the case of Bed of Razors romance. The two best songs in the lyrical aspect of this album are Bed of Razors and Towards Dead End. Alexi's rather black metal vocals take time getting used to, at start hard to comprehend, but you get used to it after a few listens. Lyrics make their best immpression in Bed of Razors, really going well with the music. // 8
Overall Impression: This album is rather unique, there are not much albums like this one, I can barely count 2 that have a similar sound, but they don't manage to reach this one's level anyway. The most impressive songs on the album are Hatebreeder, Downfall, Silent Night, Bodom Night, Towards Dead End, and Children of Bodom. They only thing that I hate about it is that not all the lyrics are published in the booklet, heh. Were it stolen I'd at first try to find the bastard, and kill him for taking one of my most precious possesions in music, but if I couldn't find him I'd fo course buy it again. After all, this album means very much to me. Thanks to it and Nightwish's Oceanborn I picked up the guitar. // 10
Sound: Children of Bodom's "Hatebreeder" is the bands second album, and often cited as a fan favorite. This album takes the sound of their previous (and debut) offering, "Something Wild", and turns the heat up a notch. Maybe not so much in the sense that it sounds more brutal, but more so in creating absolutely ace musical compositions, that are quite memorable, and flow so well.
The band mixes influences from speed, thrash, death, and black metal, yet it's still fairly difficult to just throw them into one category. There are lots of fast, aggressive riffs, drumming, and shredding guitar solos like a lot of metal bands, but the band manages to seamlessly blend a more aggressive, modern metal style, with a more melodic, old school metal feel. There is also a heavy neoclassical influence on this album. The music can be fairly intricate and technical at times, but is simultaneously just as catchy. // 10
Lyrics: The lyrics here are classic Children of Bodom content. The lyrics make use of dark imagery and metaphors that fit the mood of the music perfectly. The songs deal w/various subjects, such as Murder, suicide, apathy, the Lake Bodom murders the band got their name from, and even love & pain (Bed of Razors). While some songs showcase the more profane lyrical style Alexi would use later on (Towards Dead End), some of the songs, like Bed of Razors, seem to showcase a different side of the band here (Come to think of it, they really haven't released anything like that song since).
Alexi makes use of a harsh, black metal/melodic-death metal vocal style. It blends perfectly with the aggressive nature of the music, although the lyrics can be difficult to make out at times (this has more to do w/the production of the album than the vocal style I think). If you're not into cookie-monster vocals, then this still might not be for you, but if you're open to them, or like them like me, then the vocals deliver well here. // 9
Overall Impression: Overall, this is simply an amazing album, and in my opinion, one of the greatest metal albums ever made (It's definitely in my top 3). Silent Night, Bodom Night, Bed of Razors, and Downfall are just simply beyond epic (Although the entire album is great from beginning to end). It really doesn't get much better than this. The ONLY thing that bothers me at times, is that sometimes I feel the album could use a bit more "crisp" production, to make the vocals stand out a bit better, but at the same time, it adds some character to the overall sound. This is timeless metal that will always be a part of my album collection! // 9
Sound: Compared to the first album Something Wild, Hatebreeder focus a lot more on melody and technique, as well as speed. You can hear the bass much better, which also makes the album sound a lot heavier than the previous. I think this album is a lot more technical and faster than Something Wild, which was a lot more agressive and primitive. This was also the album where Children of Bodom really defined their sound by mixing speed and technicality with melody. In this album the neoclassical influences also becomes more obvious. A part of the song "Black Widow" uses a part of Mozarts "Klaverkoncert #20 I'm D Mol", while the bridge in the title track "Hatebreeder" uses a series of arpeggios from Mozarts Queen Of The Night Aria from "The Magic Flute". // 10
Lyrics: The lyrics are nothing deep, just the ordinary death metal lyrics. You know, the "I'm a cold-blooded killer, who'll f*ck you up!" stuff. The lyrics still fits the music really well though and the lyrics were at least a step up from Something Wild. While Alexi Laiho isn't the best vocalist out there, his vocals just fits Children of Bodom so well, I can't really explain why, but they just fit. // 9
Overall Impression: This album is a must-buy for any Melodic Death Metal fan, or just Metal fan in general. This album is really impressive, and I found myself very entertained, and I still listen to it very often. The most impressive songs on there was "Warheart", "Silent Night Bodom Night" and "Downfall". I love this album, it's all up there in your face and you feel very entertained by this record. I love the fact that this takes the core aspects of the melodeath genre and adds it's own feel to the music, which brings something unique to the music. I don't really dislike anything about this record. If it got stolen, I would run down to the store and grab it again, it's an awesome record, it's a must-have. // 10
Sound: Children Of Bodom have managed to do it once again. Hatebreeder is one of their more heavier albums and the sound on it is excellent. The music is pure genius in the fact that a metal band can make the keyboard sound cool as f--k! The songs on the album are some of the best songs written by the band. // 10
Lyrics: The lyrics fit surprisingly well with the music and Alexi's vocals fit perfectly on every track. Tracks like "Warheart" and "Bed Of Razors" are pure poetry. Their lyrcis are deep on this album and I think that a band needs to have some meaningful lyrics on an album everynow and then. // 10
Overall Impression: This is by far one of their better albums in terms of heaviness and melody. Alexi and Janne flow so well together that it sounds like it's 2 guitars rather than just one with a keyboard. The best songs would be "Warheart," "Bed Of Razors" and "Children Of Bodom." Also "Silent Night, Bodom Night" is great for listening for sweep picking. If it were lost I would go and buy it again in a heartbeat. If it were stolen, I would find the person and beat the shit outta them and crap on their face! // 10
Sound: This is Children Of Bodom second CD, in which they were allowed to really use all of their creativity. The use of blazing guitar licks and solos combined with keyboard make for an amazing album. This album was also created after the lead singer/guitarist tried to kill himself with 30 tranquilizers and booze. His survival and remaining depression gave this album the darkest and most progressive feel in metal recently. The album is also obviously classically inspired. // 9
Lyrics: The lyrics on some songs are substandard, while on songs like warheart they compel me to shout along and vent my rage. The vocals are great if you like black or death metal, but if you don't (I didn't before I listened to this album) they are bearable, and the musicianship makes up for it. Even if you dont like the singing, there's no doubting the compliance of the screaming vocals with the fast past double bass drumming, and thrashing leads. // 7
Overall Impression: This is the best album from Children Of Bodom, most songs are classically inspired, and the most notable are Downfall, Silent Night Bodom Night, Warheart, Towards Dead End and Hatebreeder. I recommend this for anyone, even if they don't typically listen to metal. They can still appreciate the skill and amazing technical ability of Alexi Laiho on guitar and Janne Warmen on keyboard. // 10
Sound: The sound on this album is abosulutely pure genious. The guitars on this album blew me away Alexi Laiho is an amazing guitarist and he should be a legend honestly. The drums on this album are superb because of the way the drummer plays them especially in the song Downfall where hes banging the crap out of the bass drum it rules. The bass on this album is intense especially that crazy intro to Warheart. How do they do this it's absolutely amazing! // 10
Lyrics: The lyrics I thought were actually pretty good. Alexi Laiho is a really, really talented screamer and he plays lead guitar while he's doing now that's amazing. I really love it when the band like chants some words on this album in some songs, the war cries and those little speeches they make. // 10
Overall Impression: This album cannot compare to any other artists because I personally thin that COB have their heavy/death/black metal sound. I don't have a favourite song on this album they all kick complete ass and the solos on this album are amazing and they have a solo in every song. I love everything about this masterpiece album and I hate nothing about it. If it were stolen/lost I would defenitely buy it again. I would recommend this album to any fan of death metal, any guitarist, any bassist, any drummer and most of all a keyboardist. // 10
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|Kraus, David. Concepts of Modern Biology. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Globe Book Company, 1993.
|"The small intestine in adults is a long and narrow tube about 7 meters (23 feet) long. The large intestine is so called because it is wide in diameter. However, it is shorter than the small intestine - only about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long."
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|Intestine, Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia, 2007.
|"In humans the intestine is divided into two major sections: the small intestine, which is about 6 m (20 ft) long,...; and the large intestine, which has a larger diameter and is about 1.5 m (5 ft) long,..."
|7.5 meters
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|Landois, Leonard, & William Stirling. Textbook of Human Physiology. P. Blakiston, 1889.
|"The human intestine is ten times longer than the length of the body,... It's minimum length is 507, its maximum length 1194 centimeters (17 to 35 feet);..."
|5.2 - 10.7 meters
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|Flint, Austin. A Text-book of Human Physiology. D. Appleton and Company, 1888.
|"The length of the small intestine, according to Gray, is about twenty feet (6.1 meters);..."
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|Intestine, Wikipedia, 28 May 2007.
|"Grayish-purple in color and about one and a half inches (35 mm) in diameter, the small intestine is the first and longest, measuring twenty feet on average in an adult man."
| 7.6 meters
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|"Shorter and relatively stockier, the large intestine is a dark reddish color, measuring four feet and ten inches (1.5 m) on average."
When food enters your body, it goes through the digestive system so that your body can absorb nutrients from the food. The digestive system begins with the mouth and is followed by the pharynx, the esophagus, and the intestine, which is divided into two major sections: the small intestine and the large intestine.
The small intestine is a long and narrow tube about 6 to 7 meters (20 to 23 feet) long. Food completes its chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water in the small intestine with the help of the liver, pancreas, and intestinal glands who pour their secretions into it. In the small intestine, there are an enormous number of tiny projections called villi, which absorb the end products of digestion. Villi and folds in the walls of the small intestine cover the lining and greatly increases the surface for absorption, which contributes to the length of the small intestine. The human small intestine has a surface area about ten times greater than the skin surface.
The large intestine is wide in diameters but shorter than the small intestine. It is only about 1.5 meters (5 feet) long. There is no decomposition of food in the large intestine. Bacteria in the large intestine break down any quantity of proteins that have not been completely digested. The large intestine is mostly used to store feces or waste, which consists of 10 to 50 percent of bacteria, undigested cellulose of plant cell walls, minerals, and water. This is then eliminated through the anus.
Therefore, the length of the entire human intestine can range from 7.5 to 8.5 meters (25 to 28 feet).
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|Curtis, Helen. Barnes, N. Fifth Edition Biology. Worth, 1999: 544.
|"Consider the human lung, constantly expanding and contracting in the chest cavity, or the 6 or 7 meters of coiled human intestine; neither of these could have evolved before the coelom."
|6–7 m
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|"Intestine." World Book Encyclopedia Millennium 2000. Chicago: World Book, 2000: 353.
|"The large intestine is about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and is made up of the cecum; the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid portions of the colon; and the rectum."
|1.5 m
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|Avraham, Regina. The Digestive System. Chelsea House, 2000: 52.
|"It [the small intestine] is about 18 to 21 feet long and has a diameter of about 1 1/2 inches."
|5.5–6.4 m
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|Gray, Henry. The Anatomy of the Human Body. Lea & Febinger, 1985: 1478.
|"The large intestine extends from the ileum to the anus. It is about 1.5 meters long, being one-fifth of the whole extent of the intestinal canal."
|1.5 m
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|"Intestine." Encyclopedia Americana. Danbury, CT: Grolier, 1999: 323.
|"The small intestine is about 23 feet (7 meters) long and consists of three subdivisions."
|7.0 m
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The human intestine is a necessary part of the digestive system. The human digestive system consists of the mouth, the throat (pharynx), the esophagus, the stomach, the small intestine, and the large intestine. Specifically, the human intestine consists of two parts, the small intestine and the large intestine.
The small intestine is a long, narrow, coiled tube extending from the stomach to the large intestine. This is the place where most digestion and absorption of food takes place. The small intestine of a human can be as long as six to eight meters long, depending on age and size of being. So much length can be compacted into so little space because of the nature of the small intestine; it is coiled and takes up less space, while maintaining it's enormous surface area.
The large intestine is the posterior or end of the human intestine that consists of four regions the, the cecum, the colon, the rectum and the anal canal. The large intestine is wider but shorter than the small intestine. It measures approximately 1.5 meters in length and its primary function is to absorb water and electrolytes that have already passed unabsorbed through the small intestine.
In mathematics, as well as physics, the value of the whole is equal to the sum of its parts. Therefore the average length of the human intestine is equal to the length of the small intestine added to the length of the large intestine. As a result the average length of the human intestine can be anywhere from 6 to 8.5 meters in length depending on size and age of the person it occupies.
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It happens to all of us: That person's name on the tip of your tongue, the lyrics to a song you once knew and, wait, why did you come into the living room again? To keep your mind sharp, try a little neurobics. Developed by Dr. Lawrence Katz and Manning Rubin in their book Keep Your Brain Alive, neurobics are exercises meant to boost activity in the brain and slow the mental aging process. In honor of Train Your Brain Day on Friday, Oct. 12, here are eight mind-flexing tricks to keep your brain in shape.
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Wear your watch upside down. When you read time in its correct form, the left side of the brain takes charge since it processes logical and sequential order. But when an image is upside down, the right side of the brain (which processes unrecognizable objects) has to give its counterpart a hand, or hemisphere, rather.
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Spell your name backwards. (Try doing it in your head, instead of writing it down.) Doing so requires increased alertness and engages the visual area of the brain (hello again, right hemisphere). The exercise can strengthen synapses between nerve cells in the brain, which helps with learning and memory.
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Close your eyes and try doing one everyday "no-brainer" task, like unlocking your door or putting your key in the car's ignition. Having to rely on other senses to complete an activity forces your brain to make new sensory associations and causes the circuits controlling your attention to become more active.
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Right-handed? Make a phone call with your left hand. Left-handed? Button your shirt with your right. Doing things with your nondominant hand not only ups your concentration, it also works your brain's nondominant side. According to Katz and Rubin, research has shown that this type of exercise can increase the expansion of lesser-used circuits on the other side of the brain.
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Try this: With the next few people you meet, see if you can smell their perfume or cologne (subtly, of course). Smell is the only sense that has direct connections to the cortex, hippocampus and other parts of the limbic system—all of which process emotion and memory. If you can associate a smell with a new person you meet, chances are you won't forget him or her as easily.
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Throw a curve into your daily routine. Katz and Rubin say that because routines are often done subconsciously, your brain gets off easy, but if you change things up, then it's engaged. So instead of doing the next thing you had planned after reading this, do something completely off course. If you were about to check your email, then go for a quick ten-minute walk instead (and try a route you don't normally take). The more unpredictable and spontaneous the activity is, the better.
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If you're going to get frustrated or impatient, then you might as well work the brain while you're at it. When you cross your arms, try re-crossing them the unnatural way. It will wake up the circuits and pathways that are usually inactive in the nondominant side of your brain. (And hey, it may even calm you down too.)
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I think this is basic, but I just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated...
There is a 65% chance that each individual likes Product A.
For a household of 2 individuals, what is the chance that someone in the household likes Product A?
For a household of 3?
I would appreciate the formula in addition to the answer if possible. Thank you very much for your help.
Thank you for pointing me in the direction of binomial distributions!
I think I figured out that in order for me to get the total probability for the household, I must use that formula for each member of the household, and add up the results. For instance, for a 3 person household my excel formula looks like:
(The format for the BINOMDIST formula in Excel is
BINOMDIST(number_s, trials, probability_s, cumulative)
Where number_s = the number of successes in trials,
trials = the number of independent trials,
Probability_s = probability of success,
Cumulative - When FALSE returns probability that there are number_s successes.)
This method returns these results for the given number of individuals in the household:
1 = .65
2 = .87
3 = .95
4 = .98
5 = .99
This "looks" right to me, but have I missed something? Thanks for your help.
Hi RogBear62,
It is not necessary to add up the various binomial probabilities to get the answer. If you re-read Mr. F's solution, you will see he gave your a simpler method.
Here is another route to the same answer, which maybe you will better understand. Let's say there are n people in the household, each of whom likes the product with probability 0.65. To find the probability that at least one person likes the product, consider the complementary problem: What is the probability that no one likes the product? This happens with probability . So the probability that at least one person likes the product is
Note that this ASSUMES that each person's likes/dislikes are statistically independent. The same assumption is necessary for Mr. F's solution. In the Real World, this is unlikely.


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Topology of Sentences
Propositional Logic
yields the topology
of paraphrastic sets.
"Internal regions translate psychodynamically into the wholistic entity of personality." ( p. 50) SW)
1.) Personality is a wholistic entity.
2.) Personality can be viewed as consisting of psychodynamic internal regions.
3.) Personality consists of internal regions that act as a psychodynamic system or whole.
4.) X consists of Y that acts as Z (X = personality; Y = internal regions; Z = Psychology whole)
5.) Y translates through Z into X
(4ii) (Good Nourishment) Consists of (a raw food diet) that acts as (a biochemical stabilizer to the body functions).
(5ii) (A raw food diet) translates through (a biochemical stabilizer to the b.j.) into (Good n.).
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or flow in a wire) into (electricity).
"The attribution of reward value to an attitude object (thing or person) is expressed in a very large number of ways, and it helps to have a system for classifying them. One method consists of..." (SW, p. 56)
1.) (Attitudes objects, things, or persons) (= X) are entities to which ( reward value) (= Y) may be attributed. This process of attributing (reward value) (= Y) to (attribute objects) (= X) is (expressed in a very large number of ways) (= Z), These (ways of expressing) (= Z) can be classified by several methods of which the following is an instance.
2.) X is an entity to which Y may be attributed.
3.) (reward value) (= Y) may be attributed to such entities as (Attit. objects) (= X)
4.) Y may be attributed to entities such as X
(i) = X is an entity to which Y may be attributed
(ii) = Y may be attributed to entities such as X
Example 1:
Let X= diamonds
Y= hardness
Then (i) = (Diamonds) are entities to which (hardness) may be
and (ii) = (Hardness) may be attributed to entities such as (diamonds)
Example 2:
Let X= Citizen
Y= Motives
Then (i) = ( A citizen) is an entity to which (motives)
may be attributed.
and (ii) = (Motives) may be attributed to entities such as (citizens).
(i) X belongs to Y but is excluded from Z
(ii) X is excluded from Z though it belongs to Y
(iii) Z includes Y but excludes X
(i) Fingers (X) belong to hands (Y) but are excluded from
feet (Z).
(ii) Fingers (X) are excluded from feet (Z) though they belong to hands (Y)
(iii) Feet (Z) include hands but(Y) exclude fingers(X).
(i) Jane(X) belongs to the jetsetters(Y) but is excluded from
the torpedoes(Z).
(ii) Jane(X) is excluded from the torpedoes(Z) though she belongs to the jetsetters(Y).
(iii) The torpedoes(Z) include the jetsetters(Y) but exclude Jane(X).
(i) X appears as Y when Z
(ii) Y is X'sappearance during Z
(iii) Z is the condition for X to appear as Y
(i) The soldiers (X) appeared as phantoms(Y) when the curtain opened (Z).
(ii) Phantoms(Y) were the soldiers'(X) appearance during the curtain opening(Z).
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|Tobus Neth
oji040870 wrote:There are things I just love. getting Dungeon and Dragon monthly, and the release of a new D&D miniature set!
Ewww -- lost me on the minis. I just can't get into being so shamelessly exploited :/
Ciao :)
Dude D&D miniatures are Awesome; It so cool to be able to select/stock your dungeons! I have like 5,000+ Mini's and a boatload on E-bay that are worth alot, I make like 50.00 to 100.00 dollars aweek on mini's!
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|James Jacobs Creative Director
We are... although the last game was supposed to happen last Thursday, which was the day of the GREAT FREEZING, as in, we got a few inches of snow. When mixed with Seattle's drivers not having much snow driving experience and the fact that we've got a LOT of steep hills, when that snow turns to ice on the roads the entire region shuts down.
Which is to say, no one was in the office Thursday, so no game occurred. Hopefully next Thursday we'll have less natural disasters.
|Bill Lumberg
I am looking forward to the next installment of the story. I got interested in the binder class from reading here and the other thread on it.
I have a few questions about the campaign.
1. How did Tryalandi become a cleric? Is she self-taught, like a mystic?
2. Is the Diamond Lake cult of Wee Jas accepting of binder? I would think that a deity of death and law would be greatly opposed to binders.
3. Would you provide the stats for the Green Lady vestige here?
|James Jacobs Creative Director
1: Tyralandi was self-taught. She was a voracious reader in her youth, and her parents had a lot of books about religion sitting around gathering dust (her mother was into religion but died in childbirth, and her drunkard father was too nostalgic to throw them out). When the traveling carnival she lived with was attacked by bandits, events that saved her life more or less got her deep into the worship of Wee Jas and she drew upon her knowledge and went from there.
2: The cult of the Green Lady may or may not accept a binder; Tyralandi hasn't revealed her binder powers to them yet. Same goes for the church as a whole. The tenebrous apostate prestige class in Tome of Magic seems to indicate that not all clerics or cults are opposed to binders, and Tyralandi's going to be taking levels in a very similar prestige class that's associated with the Green Lady rather than Tenebrous. Plus... so far she's not bound any actual deitylike vestiges, only the vestige of the Green Lady. It's actually part of her unspoken code to only bind that one vestige.
3: I've posted the stats for the Green Lady vestige on a different thread... here they are again:
The Green Lady is a relatively obscure vestige. She gives her summoners the ability to turn or rebuke undead, an enhancement to their Charisma, grants the use of many arcane magic items, allows you to utilize a first-level arcane spell of your choice as a spell-like ability, and the ability to recognize magic items for what they are.
Legend: Once a high priestess of Wee Jas, the Green Lady was instrumental in carrying the faith of the Witch Goddess from the old Suel Imperium into the new world after the Rain of Colorless Fire. She died in the Cairn Hills, and a small cult dedicated to her memory remains there today.
Special Requirement: You must either draw the Green Lady's within sight of a graveyard or of any site sacred to Wee Jas.
Manifestation: The Green Lady appears as a beautiful Suel woman dressed in resplendent robes of the faith of Wee Jas.
Sign: Your eyes turn emerald green and glow faintly, and faint shimmers of green energy periodically ripple over your body.
Influence: While under the Green Lady's influence, you become haughty and elitist, and expect your allies to defer to your opinions and wishes. The Green Lady requires that you make at least one attempt to turn or rebuke any undead you encounter before you can attack it physically or with magic (unless you have already used all your attempts for the day). Filth and decay disgust you, and given a choice you must always avoid placing yourself in a situation that would soil your clothing or your skin.
Granted Abilities: The Green Lady infuses you with mastery over magic and death, and enhances your natural ability to influence and control your subjects.
Turn/Rebuke Undead: You can turn or rebuke undead as a cleric your effective binder level. As with a cleric, you turn if you are good and rebuke if you are evil. If you are neutral, you choose whether to turn or rebuke upon binding with the Green Lady and cannot later change your mind. If you have the ability to turn or rebuke undead from other classes, your levels in those classes stack with your effective binder level for the purpose of determining your turning ability. Once you have used this ability, you cannot do so again for 5 rounds.
Green Lady's Beauty: You gain a +2 bonus to Charisma.
Arcane Knack: You can use spell trigger items, such as wands and staves, as if you were a wizard of your effective binder level.
Gift of Magic: The Green Lady grants you the use of one 1st level wizard spell as a spell-like ability. You may use this spell-like ability at will, but once you have used it, you cannot do so again for 5 rounds. You must pick your spell-like ability when you bind the Green Lady, after which you cannot later change your mind. Your caster level with this spell-like ability is equal to your equivalent binder level.
Lore of Magic: You can use Spellcraft to identify magic items. You must examine the item to be identified for one minute, after which you make a Spellcraft check (DC 20 + the magic item's Caster Level). If you exceed the target DC by 10 or more, you also note any curses the magic item may bear. You cannot retry an attempt to identify a magic item.
Vestige Level: 2nd
Binding DC: 17
Special Requirement: Yes
|Bill Lumberg
Thanks, James.
|James Jacobs Creative Director
James Jacobs wrote:Tyralandi (will)... be taking a level of the Green Lady Apostle prestige class (which is a variant of the Tenebrous Apostle prestige class in Tome of Magic)...
Could we talk you into posting your Green Lady variant of Tenebrous Apostle? Sounds nifty! =)
You probably can. I haven't written it up yet though, but I will be soon, since Tyralandi's getting perilously close to leveling...
|Tobus Neth
|James Jacobs Creative Director
Hey Erik or JJ whats up is this campaign over or still going?
It's still going!
We play usually once a month, though, since the once every other week schedule tends to get disrupted by conventions and vacations and other stuff fairly often. Our next session, I believe, is next week. I think.
For those who know the Age of Worms plotline, we just finished Sodden Hold and are about to head into the adventure's 2nd half.
I'm slowly getting caught up on Tyralandi's journal; hopefully I'll be all caught up by the next session.
Game still going?
|James Jacobs Creative Director
In theory, yeah, the game is still going. We've just been incredibly super busy over the last year getting Pathfinder established, and then scrambling to figure out what to do regarding the edition change, and then scrambling to get the Pathfinder PRG up and running, and now here we are back at convention season. But the plan is to eventually finish off "Champion's Belt" and probably cut things off at that point and move on to a different in-office campaign, as far as I know...
Currently, June 13th is our big deadline; that's the "ship it to the printer or it might not be at Gen Con" day. After that, things look like they'll get back to normal, sort of, for us for a bit. Unlike last year at this time, the months leading up to Gen Con won't also be the months we're finishing off work on the magazines and the months where we're launching an entire new business. It should be Easy Mode, in fact. Which, in theory, gives us time to get back to these campaigns! <crosses fingers>
You know... just a thought here... but you guys could probably get a lot of use out of something like MapTool since you're often not physically in the same room, what with conventions and such. That would let you all game together no matter where in the world you were physically located.
It's free and works great, installs on any laptop, and has the most amazing product support I've ever seen, surpassing even products that you have to actually pay for. I've seen people post on the forums about a particular issue they're having and get a response back from Trevor (the main coding fellow) asking what time their game is that night so he can get a fix coded and published before their game starts. Now THAT is service. And for a free product? That's unheard of. Except now you've heard of it. Rats, foiled again!
Anyway, consider giving it a shot. It would make it a lot easier to get together for a game no matter where in the world the gamers are located. If they have internet access, they can play.
And I happen to know that one of the members of your game already uses MapTool in another game. So ask the group and I'm sure you'll find someone who can tell you more about it.


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