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Subject: Re: Any bets on hiarcs 10 being 50 points stronger than version 9

Author: Roger D Davis

Date: 11:27:31 08/28/05

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On August 28, 2005 at 14:05:57, James T. Walker wrote:

>On August 28, 2005 at 13:55:46, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 28, 2005 at 13:39:15, ERIQ wrote:
>>
>>>I bet 1 us. dollar that hiarcs 10 will be 50 points stronger than hiarcs 9. I
>>>would bet more but money is tight :)
>>
>>exactly 50 elo better?
>>
>>Does it means that if it is 51 elo better or 49 elo better you lose the bet?
>
>Uri you are always a stickler for fine points/exactness.  However, in the real
>world there is a something normally referred to as "common sense".  I suspect
>you have this feature in your brain but unfortunately you often chose to
>completely ignore it.
>Jim

I read it that he was intentionally being absurd to smoke out the parameters of
the bet. Nobody bets without making sure what the grounds rule are. What if it
was 40 points? Is 40 close enough to win the bet, or far enough away to lose?




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