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From: ImageAnalyst on 13 Jan 2010 10:53
I first thought of Buffon's Needle - a famous problem in statistics
which can be solved analytically or via a Monte Carlo Approach. It's
a well known homework problem.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%27s_needle
From: Steven Lord on 14 Jan 2010 09:50

"ImageAnalyst" <imageanalyst(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message
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>I first thought of Buffon's Needle - a famous problem in statistics
> which can be solved analytically or via a Monte Carlo Approach. It's
> a well known homework problem.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffon%27s_needle

That was my first thought to, but usually when someone describes Buffon's
Needle they mention the lines on the surface on which they drop the needle.
The OP's message didn't mention any lines.

From the original description, it sounded like maybe the OP was trying to
model that old Sprint commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCfSNdbUCXw

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