Coscott comments on Open Thread for February 18-24 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Coscott 20 February 2014 11:10:25PM 1 point [-]

the probability of one success is 720^(1/8), so it should take 720^(13/8) tries, which is about a month. However, the fact that they could line themselves up for the last one just by pressing up and down, and not risking having to start over will make a huge difference.