From: Stephen Turner (sret1_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: Mon Feb 04 2002 - 15:14:34 PST
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176:6 VALID +1.0
Ed Murphy 2002-02-04 22:23:30
>>>>>
Here is another "proof" that 1 = 0:
j*0 = 1 (definition of j)
(j*0)*0 = 1*0 (multiply both sides by 0)
j*(0*0) = 0 (associativity of multiplication)
j*0 = 0 (replace 0*0 with 0)
1 = 0 (definition of j) QED
The fallacy is that multiplication is not associative.
The next valid rule must either prove or disprove that
fc + rc = (f+r)c unless c is a fantasy number
and the next valid rule after that must either prove or disprove that
(fr)c = f(rc) unless (f = 0 and c is a fantasy number)
or (f is a fantasy number and c = 0)
<<<<<
Judgement: I can't see any problems.
Style: It's a bit too similar to the previous rule, and there is no use of
base 11. But it does make the next two rules do some specific maths, which
is thematic, if maybe a bit too prescriptive. I would give it +1.5, but in
fact I'm only going to give it +1 for a reason which I shall reveal later.
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ROUND 176 Round start: Wed 2002-01-30 15:32:50
Player Style Valid until
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Ed Murphy - 0.5 Mon 2002-02-11 22:23:30
Rich Holmes + 2.0 Fri 2002-02-08 02:42:41
Factitious + 2.0 Fri 2002-02-08 00:23:06
Jonathan Van Matre - 2.5 Wed 2002-02-06 18:03:06
Alan Riddell + 2.0 Wed 2002-02-06 16:50:44
Others 0 Wed 2002-02-06 15:32:50
All times are in GMT and base ten.
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Rule By whom When Judgement Style
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176:1 Alan Riddell Wed 2002-01-30 16:50:44 VALID + 2.0
176:2 Jonathan Van Matre Wed 2002-01-30 18:03:06 VALID - 2.5
176:3 Ed Murphy Wed 2002-01-30 19:44:52 VALID - 1.5
176:4 Factitious Fri 2002-02-01 00:23:06 VALID + 2.0
176:5 Rich Holmes Fri 2002-02-01 02:42:41 VALID + 2.0
176:6 Ed Murphy Mon 2002-02-04 22:23:30 VALID + 1.0
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Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/
"This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
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Rule Date: 2002-02-04 23:14:53 GMT
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