Glover & Glover notoriety simulation

gng.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'average'

simcount = 5000
sims = []

simcount.times do
  puts "Starting simulation..."
  stage = :none
  ticks = 0
  while true do
    ticks += 1
    if stage == :none then
      if rand < 0.3 then
        puts "Warned after #{ticks} ticks"
        stage = :warned
      end
    elsif stage == :warned then
      if rand < 0.7 then
        puts "Fired after #{ticks} ticks"
        break
      end
    end
  end
  sims.push ticks
end

puts "Ran #{simcount} simulations, mean #{sims.mean}, median #{sims.median}"