I need a mathematician

[bwana]

So I'm working at the cricket today, snapping away, uploading the images as I go when some inconsiderate Titan decides to hit one for six and where does the ball land? Of course, on my laptop.

My DIY sunshield took the brunt of the impact, and the laptop itself is absolutely fine, but the sudden jolt borked my hdd.

So mathematicians - What are the odds?

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

LOL

 

[bwana]

LOL

I'm pretty sure if I hadnt been writing to the hdd at the time I would have been fine.

Worst is I've got some awesome shots just sitting on my camera until I can restore everything to a replacement drive.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Let us know if your insurance company believes that!

 

[bwana]

Let us know if your insurance company believes that!

Too bad todays match wasnt being televised.

 

[Riot2]

the event has occured
therefore there are no odds, it was a certainy

 

[Creag]

So I'm working at the cricket today, snapping away, uploading the images as I go when some inconsiderate Titan decides to hit one for six and where does the ball land? Of course, on my laptop.

My DIY sunshield took the brunt of the impact, and the laptop itself is absolutely fine, but the sudden jolt borked my hdd.

So mathematicians - What are the odds?

Email to David O' Sullivan on 702 for his statistician, Trevor Samson, to answer

 

[koffiejunkie]

So I'm working at the cricket today, snapping away, uploading the images as I go when some inconsiderate Titan decides to hit one for six and where does the ball land? Of course, on my laptop.

BTW, how is that set up? Tethered to the laptop? Does it both save on the card and transfer to the laptop at the same time?

 

[mm001]

Here's a start :

Firstly, if you consider the field to be absolutely round then the the random variable X ~ Uniform distribution in the interval [0,359]. But you also need to consider the probability that the batsman would hit the ball to a particular part of the ground, this would depend on his preference of shots, etc.

 

[UnUnOctium]

Start computer, open bios, enable S.M.A.R.T. feature on HDDs, it will warn if there are any problems at the next boot. To find out the odds, we need a few probability distribution functions and some more data

P.S. did they show your reaction on TV, slow motion

 

[koffiejunkie]

Macs don't have a BIOS...

 

[bwana]

BTW, how is that set up? Tethered to the laptop? Does it both save on the card and transfer to the laptop at the same time?

I was hot swapping cards. I had wanted to use the EYE-FI but I haven't yet figured out how to add the metadata on import.

Restoring from time machine now.

 

[ponder]

So I'm working at the cricket today, snapping away, uploading the images as I go when some inconsiderate Titan decides to hit one for six and where does the ball land? Of course, on my laptop.

My DIY sunshield took the brunt of the impact, and the laptop itself is absolutely fine, but the sudden jolt borked my hdd.

So mathematicians - What are the odds?

Mechanical drive or SSD?

If it's a mechanical drive I suggest bitstream imaging it with ddrescue to another hdd, mount the image file and recover your data.

If it's a SSD then you are fooked unless you are prepared to pay MEGA$$$ on datarecovery.

 

[bwana]

Mechanical drive or SSD?

Hybrid.

Funny thing is I can't even get spinrite to start doing it's thing. I'm not too concerned about the data, that's what backups are for.

 

[w1z4rd]

If its a mac you need to double the odds off the bat jk

 

[bwana]

If its a mac you need to double the odds off the bat jk

I'm kind of pleased it's got a sturdy case. I noticed a bit of buckling on the bottom panel so the ball must have actually hit that corner and driven it into the concrete. Of course it had to be the corner where the hdd is.

 

[koffiejunkie]

Funny thing is I can't even get spinrite to start doing it's thing. I'm not too concerned about the data, that's what backups are for.

Spinrite is only for mechanical drives, as far as I'm aware.

 

[ponder]

Spinrite is only for mechanical drives, as far as I'm aware.

Yes and I do not advocate it's used on a already damaged drive either.

 

[ponder]

Hybrid.

Funny thing is I can't even get spinrite to start doing it's thing. I'm not too concerned about the data, that's what backups are for.

If you are not worried about the data just RMA the drive it.

 

[davemc]

Will you settle for a memorable life-moment?
Mathematicians are quite rare, though you could leave them out in the sun for a bit to cook a little, perhaps at a cricket game, perhaps they'll actually be watching the game, and perhaps, the bloody mathematician will actually catch the ball.