That brings up the question, do people here have strategies for coin flips?
Tyson Mao MSC #631 California Institute of Technology On Nov 15, 2005, at 9:34 AM, Ron van Bruchem wrote: > Results so far > You have won 13, lost 9, and tied 14 games > Statistics for 36 games > winning percentage*: 11.11% > won : 36.11% > lost: 25.00% > tied: 38.89% > > Booooring! Makes me love my cube even more. :-) > > Have fun, > > Ron > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Burton > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:18 PM > Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] I'm the competitive type... RPS & > computers > > > I managed a strategy that resulted in many ties: > > Statistics for 36 games > winning percentage*: -33.33% > won : 8.33% > lost: 41.67% > tied: 50.00% > > (I went 10-8-8 on it before trying this) :) > > ~ Bob > > --- In [email protected], mike_go_uk > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Not sure whether this has been posted before, but some people might be >> interested in the results of two RPS programming contests, described >> here: >> >> http://www.cs.ualberta.ca/~darse/rsbpc.html >> >> You'll see there that playing randomly is certainly not a good >> strategy, if you actually want to /win/ tournaments! >> >> You can play online against a strong program here: >> >> http://chappie.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/roshambot >> >> Apparently it is one of the programs from the contests. It's more fun >> than you might imagine, if you're not a convert already. :D >> >> Mike >> > > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Jigsaw puzzle game Free puzzle inlay games Educational > game > and puzzle > Word puzzle game Kid puzzle game Puzzle games > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "speedsolvingrubikscube" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ 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/
