Author: James T. Walker
Date: 16:20:11 08/28/05
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On August 28, 2005 at 14:33:06, Roger D Davis wrote: >On August 28, 2005 at 14:29:56, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On August 28, 2005 at 14:27:31, Roger D Davis wrote: >> >>>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? >> >>I see you have a similiar problem > >Okay, what's your opinion on the 40? Close enough or too far? I would take the man at his word. He said 50 so he is stuck with it if he really wants to bet. I certainly would not expect to win the bet if it turned out to be 51 or greater. If I were to really want to bet I would have to tie him down more. For instance how would we determine the 50 point gain? Maybe SSDF list? If SSDF, how many games would they have to play to fix the bet? To be honest, for 1 US dollar, who cares? Jim
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