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Offline santa22

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Whats the chance!
« on: October 12, 2010, 01:46:07 am »
I have a friend that works on a cleaning crew, cleans all different buildings.

One day he was just messing around and he used his apartment to try to open the library door, and the key fit and worked. and it actually looked the same!

i couldn't believe it, because the library opened years before he even got a apartment ....

Whats the chance of that!!!
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Offline 10th_account

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 04:55:42 am »
1 in 4^14.
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Offline poopdogg

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 07:14:12 am »
1/30 :/ i think
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Quote from: STM1993 on September 29, 2008, 09:34:17 am
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Offline Rhombus

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 02:03:56 pm »
assuming it was a standard issue key like the one shown on this webpage: http://www.jstor.org/pss/3613451
one could safely say the number of different keys is equal to 7^6=117649

The odds would then be 1:117649, but as the website states, if N1 and N3 equal 7, N2 could NEVER equal 1.

BTW, that website states that the number of different keys equals 6^7, but this is false.

It's not exactly as exciting as winning the lottery, but still, the odds are pretty slim.

Now, what I'm wondering is, what are the odds that this is a true story?

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Offline demoniac93

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2010, 03:31:31 pm »
Quote from: Rhombus on October 12, 2010, 02:03:56 pm
assuming it was a standard issue key like the one shown on this webpage: http://www.jstor.org/pss/3613451
one could safely say the number of different keys is equal to 7^6=117649

The odds would then be 1:117649, but as the website states, if N1 and N3 equal 7, N2 could NEVER equal 1.

BTW, that website states that the number of different keys equals 6^7, but this is false.

It's not exactly as exciting as winning the lottery, but still, the odds are pretty slim.

Now, what I'm wondering is, what are the odds that this is a true story?

As always, 0.000000000001^10%.
« Last Edit: October 13, 2010, 11:25:38 am by demoniac93 »
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Offline Rai-Dei

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2010, 05:13:36 pm »
Not too crazy, if the lock is old, and some of the pins are dirty or worn out. 

Looser plug, stuck pins etc. etc. 

Also possible, if popped it in the bump-key manner, it may work.  Lucky if that though.
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Offline santa22

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 09:37:23 pm »
well the libary is old.
i cold see if you had 2 keys.

1 went to a house and another went to another house like hundreds of miles away.

but this really blew my mind :|
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Offline PANZERCATWAGON

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #7 on: October 14, 2010, 03:40:13 pm »
wow that is fucking amazing seriously how many times do you think thats ever probably happened?
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Offline Horve

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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #8 on: October 14, 2010, 04:06:07 pm »
happens all the time
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Re: Whats the chance!
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2010, 07:57:55 pm »
The chances are
1 in 1337x109000
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