Lois Lerner/ IRS/ Odds

[stevenash]

The odds of winning the FLorida lottery are 1 in 22,957,480

 

The odds of winning the Powerball is 1 in 175,223,510

 

The odds of winning Mega Millions is 1 in 258,890,850

 

The odds of a disk drive failing in any given month are roughly one in 36

The odds of two different drives failing in the same month are roughly one in 36 squared, or 1 in about 1300

The odds of three drives failing in the same month is 36 cubed or 1 in 46,656

 

The odds of seven different drives failing in the same month (like what happened at the IRS when they received a letter asking about

emails targeting conservative and pro Israeli groups ) is 37 to the 7th pwer= 1 in 78,664,164,096 ( over 78 billion)

 

In otherwords, the odds are greater that you will win the Florida Lottery 342 times than having those seven IRS hard drives crashing in the same month.

 

Do any of the above odds suggest the odds of the left being truthful regarding these circumstances?

 

( big girl, I am sure you have a friend who has an advanced degree in statistics whom you will want to consult)

[CraigS]

Or our resident far left ride the fence conservative will say that doesn't prove anything...it's just a coincidence.

[westend1]

http://www.zdnet.com/is-the-irs-lost-email-story-plausible-7000030684/

[smitty]

http://www.zdnet.com/is-the-irs-lost-email-story-plausible-7000030684/

If everything that happened to Lerner is/was plausible -- then why did she plead the fifth??  PLUS -- Lois Lerner has been held in contempt of Congress.  Doesn't sound like an innocent person to me!  Does it to you?!

[westend1]

If everything that happened to Lerner is/was plausible -- then why did she plead the fifth??  PLUS -- Lois Lerner has been held in contempt of Congress.  Doesn't sound like an innocent person to me!  Does it to you?!

Not really, but the odds of losing the emails are apparently not even close to the stuff cited on the conspiracy sites.  Just wanted you to see what computer gurus said about it.

[LumRaiderFan]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/27/32000-emails-recovered-in-irs-targeting-probe/

[tvc184]

http://www.zdnet.com/is-the-irs-lost-email-story-plausible-7000030684/

 

From what I read in the article, it is plausible only under the basis of the IRS IT people being so incompetent and bungling. This is a federal law enforcement agency, not some fly by night company selling items on the internet. 

 

How does the agency that is responsible for collecting all taxes and fees for the government so irresponsible that it can't even do what a small company can do? The only explanation that seems to negate a cover up is that the IRS must have the most incompetent employees in the country. 

 

Kind of gives you that warm fuzzy feeling in trusting the government. So do you think that they are truly as incompetent as the article that you posted claims they had to be in order to have it believable or was it a cover up? 

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One day the shoe may be on the other foot and the leftist will be screaming !

[PhatMack19]

You can't make this up


http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/2015/02/27/irs-employee-looking-for-lois-lerner-emails-was-blind-literally/

[77]

Love it!