[cripplecreek]

I might say that if you played a lottery with a billion to one odds, buying four tickets would not increase your winning potential four-fold.

Good point. The difference in the odds is so infinitesimally small as to be unworthy of note.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Thanks. If I were incorrect, I don't mind somebody explaining to me where and why I'm wrong. It's called learning.

4everfree2001 has only taught me that he/ she is in a bad mood this evening.

[Axenolith]

Unless your talking astronomical and geologic scales. The difference in those odds in that range could mean the difference between the developement of lower and higher organisms on an otherwise habitable world...