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Subject: Re: So which is top now?

Author: Jonas Cohonas

Date: 23:22:02 11/01/01

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On November 01, 2001 at 20:12:51, Tina Long wrote:

>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

LOL VERY funny :)

Regards
Jonas



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