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Birthdays

PH01 · 2004-08-19 15:24:38

OK, I'm bored today. Had a look at the Calendar (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/calendar.php?) and apart from January 1st, February 21st and September 9th are the days which have the most birthdays with 23! Isn't that amazing?

19-08-2004 4:24pm

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PH01

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OK, I'm bored today.
Had a look at the Calendar (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/calendar.php?) and apart from January 1st, February 21st and September 9th are the days which have the most birthdays with 23!
Isn't that amazing?

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#2 19-08-2004 4:27pm

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Well, September is 9 months after Christmas/new years so understandable enough ;-)

Is there anything special about the middle of May? Start of summer weather makes people horny or something?

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#3 19-08-2004 5:38pm

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what do you know, 14 others on boards share my birthday

well, 14 others who want there birthdays known at least

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#4 19-08-2004 6:43pm

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Sleepy wrote:

Well, September is 9 months after Christmas/new years so understandable enough ;-)

Is there anything special about the middle of May? Start of summer weather makes people horny or something?

People who want a new year baby and just can't count?

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#5 19-08-2004 7:35pm

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Its funny seeing the Bank Holiday babies - for example, the ones around St. Patricks day date back to the Whit weekend.

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#6 19-08-2004 7:59pm

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are you saying unplanned pregnancies :eek:

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#7 19-08-2004 8:02pm

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I was a planned one, thats why I know THE date for me but i do know a lot of bank holiday babies...

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#8 19-08-2004 10:14pm

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also know as woopababies

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#9 19-08-2004 11:02pm

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woOt7 people share their birthday with me!!!

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#10 20-08-2004 8:04am

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Someone said that the chances of someone having the same birthday as you are 25 to 1. So if you have 25 peeps in a room at least two of yee have the same birthday! Cool or what?
Kinda makes sense as my Auntie, a friend of mine and I have the same birthday.

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#11 20-08-2004 8:21am

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PH01 wrote:

Someone said that the chances of someone having the same birthday as you are 25 to 1.

Another triumph of statistics over maths. :rolleyes:

Theres 5 boardsies with their birthday on 29th february.

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#12 20-08-2004 8:37am

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Gurgle wrote:

Theres 5 boardsies with their birthday on 29th february.

Aw, those poor peeps only get to celebrate their birthday every four years! Though they do age less (but they do tend to die younger - average age 17 ro so).

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#13 20-08-2004 12:06pm

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PH01 wrote:

Someone said that the chances of someone having the same birthday as you are 25 to 1. So if you have 25 peeps in a room at least two of yee have the same birthday! Cool or what?
Kinda makes sense as my Auntie, a friend of mine and I have the same birthday.

both my dad and one of my sisters have the same birthday (april 26th) freaky or what

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#14 20-08-2004 12:30pm

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I know some twins with the same birthday. freaky!

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#15 20-08-2004 12:38pm

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16 people on boards have the same birthday as meee...... :cool:
but there could be more!!

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#16 20-08-2004 12:39pm

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There's about 14 people with the same birthday as me on boards (that we know of)

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#17 20-08-2004 12:43pm

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I know a guy who was born on the same date as his brother, except 3 years apart.

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#18 20-08-2004 12:48pm

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Yeah my mam was born on the same day as my aunt...but a few years apart.....weird!! :eek:

Id hate to share my birthday with someone else because then i'd get crap presents!!!!!!

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#19 20-08-2004 1:23pm

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Three of my friends have the same birthday, to of them being born on the same day.

And I know a couple of people who share their birthday with yer man, Jesus.

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#20 20-08-2004 1:31pm

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PH01 wrote:

Someone said that the chances of someone having the same birthday as you are 25 to 1. So if you have 25 peeps in a room at least two of yee have the same birthday! Cool or what?
Kinda makes sense as my Auntie, a friend of mine and I have the same birthday.

Yeah, it's one of those things that seems rather quirky.

It's actually at 23 people where the probability of two people having the same birthday is more likely than no people having the same birthday (at 23 it crosses the p(0.5) threshold (0.5073)). So at 23 people it's about as likely that two people do share the same birthday as no two people sharing a birthday. In a group of 60 people the probability is 0.994 so with 60 people in a room it's pretty unlikely that two of them don't share the same birthday.

(the formula's 1 - (365)(364)(363)...(365 - N + 1)/(365)^N. It gets a shedload more complicated if we include February 29)

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#21 20-08-2004 2:10pm

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Sharing birthdays is one thing, but having it on Christmas day has got to be a bummer. Though you do get twice as much presents and bragging rights - "Jesus and I have the same birthdays"

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#22 20-08-2004 2:15pm

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sceptre wrote:

Yeah, it's one of those things that seems rather quirky.

It's actually at 23 people where the probability of two people having the same birthday is more likely than no people having the same birthday (at 23 it crosses the p(0.5) threshold (0.5073)). So at 23 people it's about as likely that two people do share the same birthday as no two people sharing a birthday. In a group of 60 people the probability is 0.994 so with 60 people in a room it's pretty unlikely that two of them don't share the same birthday.

(the formula's 1 - (365)(364)(363)...(365 - N + 1)/(365)^N. It gets a shedload more complicated if we include February 29)

Or you could take the data from the calendar board. Work out the average number of birthdays per day. Take that average and devide it by the number in the sample, and there you have the probability for the board. Crazy maths or what?

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#23 20-08-2004 2:40pm

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sceptre wrote:

(the formula's 1 - (365)(364)(363)...(365 - N + 1)/(365)^N. It gets a shedload more complicated if we include February 29)

Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh!

What was that ?

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#24 20-08-2004 5:49pm

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PH01 wrote:

OK, I'm bored today.
Had a look at the Calendar (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/calendar.php?) and apart from January 1st, February 21st and September 9th are the days which have the most birthdays with 23!
Isn't that amazing?

After Hours rats are scum.

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