Author: Paul
Date: 08:46:20 10/07/01
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On October 07, 2001 at 11:37:40, stuart taylor wrote: >The pattern I'm refering to is that of the first few games being won by Junior >in such a consecutive way, (which also suggests strength) and later, slipping >games surprisingly loosely. It doesn't usually slip like that at the beggining. I've not calculated anything regarding SSDF matches, and haven't watched particularly closely to see if this happened more often or not, but your last sentence is perfect: 'It doesn't usually slip like that at the beggining'. That's a direct translation of a lower probability of this happening than not, right? > If you use the coin flipping analogy, very well, but then I could say the same >thing even if program "a" beat program "b" 1,000 games in a row, that it doesn't >prove anything whatsoever, as long as it WAS conceivably possible that program >"a" could beat program "b" once in a blue moon. >S.Taylor The 'flipping coin argument' wasn't made by me, so I'll refrain from commenting that ... well almost. :0 Paul
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