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Subject: Re: Ooops

Author: Tom Kerrigan

Date: 15:46:14 06/19/03

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On June 19, 2003 at 17:56:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>>Uh oh, is little Bobby Hyatt upset because I found 10 games? I can imagine your
>>lower lip quivering right now. "But, but, but, that's not what I meant! Uhhhh,
>>maybe I was running on my laptop! Uhhhhh, maybe you were using different
>>accounts! Uhhhh, best 2 out of 3? C'mon, please?"
>
>Nope, not "upset" at all.  "surprised" would be a better word.  But you
>found 10.  I actually found _two_ sets of 10 games where you were very
>slightly ahead.
>
>But there are 28 _other_ 10 game combinations.  I'm therefore surprised you
>would think your single group means much other than that an "exceptional
>condition can happen if you try often enough."

How do you know I think it means anything? You said find 10 games, I found 10
games. I always thought it was a stupid, meaningless challenge, but hey, it was
easy so I did it.

>>The fact is, neither of us can prove our case to the other person's
>>satisfaction.
>
>Sure we can.  Log on to ICC tonight.  Pick the hardware.  I have PII/400's,

Oh, sure, a match tonight will prove that Crafty was better than Stobor in,
e.g., March 1999? I never made the claim that Stobor is currently better than
Crafty.

>At most every sample point I have seen, Crafty was stronger.  If you take _all_

What sample points are those? Some games from 6 years ago?

-Tom



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