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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