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Subject: Re: WHY?

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 18:11:50 03/18/99

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On March 18, 1999 at 20:45:00, James Robertson wrote:

[snip]
>>Hi James,
>>
>>Actually, I would say that the chances of Yermo going 6-0 is much smaller than
>>your calculations indicate.
>
>I think you misunderstand my motivation for the calculations.
>
>First of all, I made no adjustment for draw percentage, which is certainly not
>only 30%. Right from the start, my final number of "about 0.4%" can be thrown
>out the window. Then of course there are the human factors you mention below,
>and a million other things that alter the odds.
>
>I used the very rough estimate simply to disprove the idea that a 6-0 result
>means nothing.
>

Got it.

KarinsDad :)

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