From: Andrew Wagner Date: 2010-08-17T21:56:09+09:00 Subject: Re: can i do this in ruby? a simulation process --001517478f8ef88458048e04788b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > It's quite consistent with the little calculation Brian explained. > I would expect the mean result to always be above the 800.7 seconds > Brian found as there is very little chance that the sum of the > passengers arriving in town be exactly 500 (it ranges from 500 to 539 > due to the buses) > > Ah yes, I see now what Brian meant by "bursty". Thanks for the results! --001517478f8ef88458048e04788b--