Author: gerold daniels
Date: 05:03:50 06/24/05
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On June 24, 2005 at 05:58:14, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >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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