Well, if my opponents choices were truly random, then my strategy wouldn't matter at all. If I can detect a pattern in my opponents choices, then I can try to predict what he will show and pick something to beat him. Alternatively, I could try to fool my opponent by making choices that appear to have a pattern. And just when I think he has figured out the pattern and is about to counter successfully, I could change the pattern to beat him.
Perhaps a good strategy for a tournament would be to memorize a "one time pad", or a sequence of truly random choices that no one knows about. If you used those choices in a tournament, no one could have an advantage over you. On the downside, you wouldn't have an advantage over anyone else, either. On 11/15/05, Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Doesn't it all even out in the end to just random chance? All the > logic here and there? > > Tyson Mao > MSC #631 > California Institute of Technology ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/MXMplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
