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I can't tell what they mean by this: "If all goes according to plan, over 50% of all web browsers will support this capability in the next three to four months."

There are only five browsers that count, so why didn't they just say "three of the five major browsers?" Or, if they mean more than 50% of browser installations, are we really at the point where we can get 50% of all browser installations updated within a couple of months?

Last month, I was having lunch with my friend, John Boyd, and he came out with this incredible story about using computers to beat roulette in Vegas back in the 70's. He was part of Doyne Farmer's original team from UCSC, and apparently plays a reasonably big role in the book. I've known him for ten years, and he never bothered to mention it. I was so riveted that I made myself late for class plying him for more details. I'm sending him this link now; I'm sure he'll enjoy it.

Very interesting. So would you say developers should probably use the incomplete beta function, rather than Ev's method? Or is it too computationally expensive?