Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 14:22:21 11/27/99
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On November 27, 1999 at 17:11:42, Roger wrote: >On November 27, 1999 at 16:07:31, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On November 27, 1999 at 09:21:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 27, 1999 at 03:56:28, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >>> >>>>I just got it. My congratulations to Christophe. >>>> >>>>Enrique >>>> >>> >>> >>>Just remember that this is a very 'special case'. CT isn't available to >>>anyone, so the other commercials can't start their auto232 marathons to >>>discover the 'holes' is must have. I think it is a lot easier to reach >>>#1 if no one can test against you... >>> >> >>Nothing special about this case. Every SSDF leader in the last three years got >>there as a newly released program. >> >>Amir > >And therefore being #1 is a special position on the list, not just because it's >number 1, but because the programs that make it there haven't been auto232'ed to >death. This is an old issue that has been answered often with this same fallacy. If you count the number of new programs that appeared since Fritz 5 went to the top 21 months ago, you will get as many contenders that never quite made it, "auto232'ed" or not. I don't quite understand why there are so many congratulations when a program wins a 7, 9 or 11 round robin tournament and so much reluctance to do the same with the much more meaningful and difficult SSDF list. Enrique >Roger
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