Author: Rolf Tueschen
Date: 02:58:14 06/24/05
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On June 24, 2005 at 05:46:56, Amir wrote: >On June 24, 2005 at 05:33:17, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On June 24, 2005 at 04:13:58, Amir wrote: >> >>>of 200 rating points means that the stronger player has an expected score of >>>approximately 0.75%. The performance rating is calculated using a player who is >>>rated 2737 **FIDE**, not USCF. And you have high IQ? >> >>If there is a connection between IQ and the maths of probabilities then the >>author of the quote above has a real problem to face with his IQ. As a matter of >>fact there is no such percentage as 0.75%. You can either say 75% or "0.75" or >>".75"! So, it's a long way to become a second Einstein... ;) > >That was obviously a typo, as you can see in my next post I wrote 75%. You >always pick on typos? 1. Yes, but only on Fridays. 2. BTW it wasn't a typo because the context is wrong. It's a difference in systems. One time you work with base 100 and add %, but if you work with base 1 you even leave out the zero before the point. [Short addition for Americans only: We in Europe write a decimal number this way 0,75 - so there is a clear change if we mean to say a probability THEN we write .75 which is the same as if we wrote 75% However Amir has written something like 0,75% -of course he used the American system and wrote 0.75%- but again this is absolutely wrong, because what he wrote does mean 0,75% which is less that 1%!] [Offtopic and for a huge debate in CTF: is Israel part of the USA or part of Europe???] :)
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