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Who Wants to Be a Thousandaire? (2011)
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这篇 Damn Interesting 文章讲述 1984 年《Press Your Luck》节目中的 Michael Larson 如何靠反复观看录像、记住灯板图案,避开 Whammy 并不断累积奖金,最终赢得 11 万多美元。文章也讨论他是否算作弊、节目规则漏洞,以及这起事件为何成为游戏节目史上的经典。
为什么经久不衰:它把一个“用规则漏洞打败系统”的真实故事讲得曲折有趣,也持续引发关于运气、风险与作弊边界的讨论,所以多年后仍值得读。
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提供了纪录片和原节目录像的观看资源。
YouTube 上有一部关于此事的纪录片《Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal》,还有原版节目录像。
dbbolton查看英文原文
There is a documentary about the incident called "Big Bucks: The Press Your Luck Scandal" on Youtube: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEBCve-3Cw * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNMCXWCZzQ as well as the original episode itself: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h07eO0SKtUI (better quality, split into parts) * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkM10SxmmwU (lower quality, whole episode)
他仍在冒险,不能简单说是作弊;他遵守规则且无法无限取钱。
我认为重要的是要承认,他每次转动仍然承担了一些风险。风险从 1/6 降到一个小得多的数字,但并非为零。他的专注力或时机在任何一次转动中都可能出错,正如他最后一次转动时机没掌握好,只是运气好。我的意思是,我不认为能说他作弊;他是在游戏规则内玩,而且不可能永远从系统里榨取现金。
thoman23查看英文原文
I think it's important to recognize that he still assumed some risk with each spin. That risk was reduced from 1/6 to some much smaller number, but the risk was not zero. His concentration or timing could fail on any given spin, as evidenced by his final spin where he mistimed it but got lucky. My point is that I don't think you can say he was cheating. He played within the rules of the game and couldn't just drain cash out of the system forever.
用概率计算说明这种找序列号策略的期望收益很低,并好奇他如何整理纸币。
如果你想知道的话,一美元纸币的序列号有 8 位,所以假设 DJ 是随机抽取,那么那 10 万美元纸币中每天有一张与抽中号码匹配的概率非常接近千分之一。一年下来,至少中一次的概率也只有 30.58%。每天翻查这些纸币寻找匹配号码的期望值约为 30 美元。我很好奇他是不是把它们整理成了二叉排序树。
murbard2查看英文原文
In case you're wondering, there are 8 digits on the one dollar bill serial number, so assuming a random draw by the DJ, the odds of one of the 100,000 dollars matching the draw every day would be very close to 1 in a thousand. After a year, you'd only have a 30.58% chance of winning at least once. The expected value of combing through the dollars to find a match would be about $30 every day. I wonder if he sorted them into a binary tree.
认为这类钻空子的人往往缺乏社交能力,社交与合作才是解决生活问题的关键。
如果这个人在与人打交道时很吃力、受不了给任何人打工或管理员工,我不会感到意外。我觉得如果他晚生 20 年,可能会把所有钱都输在日内交易之类的投机把戏上。外面有很多失败者——孤立、偏执,总在寻找系统的漏洞。如果他们能意识到,培养社交技能、学会与人合作就能解决大部分问题,他们本来会过得不错。
narrator查看英文原文
I wouldn't be surprised if this guy had a tough time dealing with people and couldn't stand working for anyone or managing employees. I think if he was born 20 years later he would have gambled all his money away on day trading schemes. There are a lot of losers out there -- isolated, paranoid and looking for their loophole in the system. They'd be just fine if they'd realize that getting some social skills and learning to work well with others would fix most of their problems with the world.
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