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Subject: Re: So which is top now?

Author: Tina Long

Date: 17:12:51 11/01/01

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On November 01, 2001 at 13:10:54, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>Why care about this very difficult question? The top programs are very close
>together and you can play a tournament every week with possibly another leader.
>Differences between 20-50 are hardly noticable.
>Regards
>Kurt

While I agree with your statements, and I can't tell the difference between top
programs while they beat me, I still respect the desire of people to absolutely
rank the best programs.

The first thing I look at on the SSDF (& similar) list is who is first, then I
look where is Hiarcs732 & THEN I look at the closeness & variability of the
numbers.

The fastest man in the world running 100m is what? 0.1 second faster than the
rest, AND occassionally gets beaten.  Tell HIM that the 0.1 is too little to
matter, and then run away (very quickly).

Cheers
Tina



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