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Subject: Green List formula sucks

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 05:49:48 01/18/00


"R(mhz)    rating/log(mhz)/100.  Shows the performance of an account,
          taking into consideration the cpu speed."

First of all Will is taking into account for his formula a logaritme,
combines that with rating and computer Mhz.

This assumes a logarithmic connection between Mhz of a machine and its
rating.

Obviously this is wrong.

Let's take crafty:

Wild        2148  [6]   195    50     8   253   2148 (06-Aug-1999)
Bullet      3033       6241  1412  1018  8671   3191 (27-Oct-1999)
Blitz       2858      48312 12919  8716 69947   3268 (27-Oct-1999)
Standard    2550       3761  1496  1117  6374   2785 (08-Aug-1999)

Machine = 4x400 = 1600Mhz
rating  = 2550

So this would make
   R(mhz) = 25.50 / log(1600) = 7.95

Now that sounds a bit low to me personal already.

Let's now assume that Bob wants to top the green list:

  He needs 11.0 then as R(Mhz) to top it more or less.

So 11.0 = rating / 100*log(1600)
   rating = 11 * 100 * log(1600) = 3525

So crafty needs an incredible rating of 3525 to top the greenlist.
Good luck Bob!

Why invent a formula if it's in advance already dead wrong?

Rating is not based upon the 10th log of something.
It SURE does not represent performance taking into account
the machine speed.


Vincent











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