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Re: hp9000 -> hp3000 -> hp9000
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"Steve Dirickson (Volt)" <[log in to unmask]>
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Steve Dirickson (Volt)
Date:
Wed, 3 Oct 2001 14:16:56 -0700
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> How small or how large is this risk? Divide the check interval by the
> average time it takes to send the file. If you check for the 
> file every 300
> seconds, and it takes two seconds to send the file, then your 
> risk is one in
> one hundred fifty. Stated differently, if you run this 150 
> times, then you
> have essentially a 100% risk that your watching job will 
> detect the file
> while it is still being sent, one time over the 150 runs. 

I'm guessing you didn't do a lot of "Probs & Stats" stuff in college? ;-)

The actual probability is 63.335%

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