Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 09:32:09 06/24/05
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On June 24, 2005 at 06:31:06, Amir wrote: >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%!] > >As I said, "%" after 0.75 was a typo, as can be seen in the next post in which I >used 75% (in case Terry doesn't understand what "0.75" means). That's enough! Drop my name from your petty discussions!
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