Subj: Some Evening In Florida "Math" .......Just to put it into "Numbers"........The odds of winning the Florida lottery are 1 in 22,957,480.The odds of winning the Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510.The odds of winning Mega Millions is 1 in 258,890,850.The odds of a disk failing in any given month are roughly one in 36.The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36squared, or 1 in about 1,300. The odds of three drives failing in the same monthis 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656....The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month (like what happenedat the IRS when they received a letter asking about emails targetingconservative and pro Israeli groups) is 37 to the 7th power = 1 in78,664,164,096. (that's over 78 Billion) In other words, the odds are greaterthat you will win the Florida Lottery 342 times than having those seven IRS harddrives crashing in the same month.But, I guess, if the IRS says that it happened, we have to believe them.
