Picasso82gr wrote:

> No, you mixed it up:  He's right, it is a mistake:
> 
> 0.001 means 1 in 1000    the decimals are three, not four. 0.0001 is 1 in
> 10000. You wrote something about 0.999, but it's wrong.
> Anyway, to sum things up   1:1000  =  0.001.   Just take a calculator and
> divide 1 by 1000 and you'll see.
> Pure mathematics.
> 
> 
> "Nik Schlein" <mofisto1627@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:YzHsd.516930$D%.152145@attbi_s51...
>> Actually this really isn't an error.
>> After the decimal point it goes, tens(0.1), hundreds (0.01), and then
>> thousands (0.001) which to say how man thousands you need to make 1 would
>> be 10,000 because at .999 you would have nine hundred ninety nine
>> thousands plus 0.001 would be 10,000, so therefore 1 in 10000
>>
>>
>> "ii" <iii> wrote in message
>> news:41a9852c$0$90421$45beb828@newscene.com...
>>> x-no-archive: yes
>>>
>>> In the middle of episode 12 when Ritsuko and Misato are in the ladies
>>> room,
>>> Ritsuko says the probability of success is 0.001% or 1 in 10000. Is
>>> there a
>>> list of dumb little mistakes like this ?
>>>

Well, it is a mistake, but not because of he way you explained it.

.001 is 1 in 1000, but here we're talking about percentages, i.e. .001%
or .001 * (1/100) = .00001. Unfortunately, that's 1 in 100,000.


Drinian