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troymc
on Jan 20, 2015
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Removing Fish from a Surreal Abandoned Shopping Ma...
The number of fish swimming past the escalator each minute could be modeled as a random variable with a Poisson distribution.
barbs
on Jan 21, 2015
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Can someone please explain this joke to someone not versed in statistics?
noodle
on Jan 21, 2015
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Siméon Denis Poisson was a French mathematician.
Poisson is French for "fish".
barbs
on Jan 21, 2015
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Bah! Should've seen that. Nice!
joeyyang
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that's tremendous and i applaud you
junto
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I like your humour. Have an upvote. Are you British as well?
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