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Subject: Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE

Author: Edwin Wigmore

Date: 14:56:38 07/24/03

On July 24, 2003 at 17:29:00, Dan Simmons wrote:

>The big surprise would have been if a version of the King engine DIDN'T win.  Of
>the thirteen competitors, twelve had a serious chance to win.  Of these twelve,
>five(!) were a version of the King whereas each other engine was represented
>only once.  If one may be so bold as to assume that all twelve are fairly
>equivalent in skill, then the King (whatever version) had a five-fold greater
>chance of winning than any other engine.

If it weren't for the fact that the King engine took the top three places I
might be inclined to agree with you.

True, there was five different entries for the same engine, but that is
irrelevant given the top three standings.

Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE Dann Corbit 15:59:09 07/24/03
- Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE Edwin Wigmore 17:57:51 07/24/03
  - Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE Sune Fischer 01:55:48 07/25/03
  - Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE Dann Corbit 18:35:15 07/24/03
- Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE Dann Corbit 17:13:23 07/24/03
  - Re: Congrats to de Koenig? But why, pray tell - NONSENSE Dann Corbit 17:13:50 07/24/03
    - Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Tom Kerrigan 20:46:50 07/24/03
      - Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Dieter Buerssner 11:52:41 07/26/03
      - Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? George Tsavdaris 04:14:19 07/25/03
        
        Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Dieter Buerssner 12:18:24 07/26/03
        
        Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Tom Kerrigan 11:31:58 07/25/03
        
        Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Eric Campos 19:31:04 07/25/03
        
        Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Tom Kerrigan 20:50:49 07/25/03
      - Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Ricardo Gibert 01:13:14 07/25/03
      - Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Russell Reagan 21:19:14 07/24/03
        
        Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Dimitris Poulos 07:15:27 07/25/03
        
        Re: Why not simulate the tourney instead of coin flipping? Dann Corbit 11:29:00 07/25/03

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