From: Stephen Turner (sret1_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: Thu Jan 31 2002 - 04:56:14 PST
Nice to see three rules so quickly. I hope that other lurkers will join in as well! Here is my judgement for 176:3. PS I've stuck to base ten for all my comments. I'm worried I'm not entering into the spirit of the game, but on the other hand I just don't know what's going to happen to this fantasy maths next. It could get out of hand if some other symbols acquire unusual meanings, and I keep having to rewrite the judgements and score sheets! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 176:3 INVALID -1.5 Ed Murphy 2002-01-30 19:44:52 >>>>> A + a = 15 (A + a) - a = 15 - a A + (a - a) = 15 - a A = 15 - a A = 6 QED To avoid further alphanumeric confusion, future rules shall choose algebraic symbols from the ISO-6842 alphabet. This is the same as the standard English alphabet, except with these symbols omitted: O I Z E H S G L B Q A o i z e h s g l b q a <<<<< Judgement: A tough one to judge but I'm calling it invalid. The problem is the "ISO-6842". 6842 = 9000 base 10, and ISO 9000 is a well-known standard about business processes and quality control. Nothing to do with alphabets at all. I might have let you get away with it if this was one of the story telling rounds where we build a fantasy world, but here you should perhaps have chosen an unused number, or not tried to name a standard at all. Style: Again, we don't seem to be making much progress. In fact, the maths appears to be the same as in our real world -- why should the symbols +, - and = have their normal interpretations, for example? Also failing to obey your own restrictions is always unstylish. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUND 176 Round start: Wed 2002-01-30 15:32:50 Player Style Valid until ------ ----- ----------- 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 Ed Murphy - 1.5 Tue 2002-02-05 15:32:50 All times are in GMT and base ten. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rule By whom When Judgement Style ---- ------- ---- --------- ----- 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 INVALID -1.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 -- Rule Date: 2002-01-31 12:56:29 GMT
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