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Subject: Re: DTS article robert hyatt - revealing his bad math

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:33:52 09/03/02

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On September 03, 2002 at 14:22:05, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On September 03, 2002 at 13:51:52, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>It is about the second digit being round, because
>that makes the chance you have such a speedup 1/10 of
>a chance.
>
>Bob claims a 2.0 speedup which bob claims according to
>his paper based upon counting up all times then dividing
>by total times.
>
>However if we look at every speedup individually then
>if you get a 2.0 speedup that's in a range of 1.95-2.04
>RIGHT?
>
>Please answer that question.
>
>A speedup of 2.0 lies in a range of about 1.95-2.04
>
>So i hope you realize that chance it is 2.00 is exactly 1/10
>of a chance.
>
>How big is the chance that 50 numbers in a row have
>a speedup in parallel search of 2.00 then?

I see.
I agree that the chances are very small.

>
>How big is the chance that all numbers end at a 0?

I agree that the chances are very small and the data is enough to convince me
that I do not believe that the data is correct.

Uri



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