RPS is not random at all because it is two /people/ playing against one another. In order to have competed in the RPS World Championship, you must have competed in a smaller event. This makes it so that every competitor at the world championship has past RPS data that other competitors can study.
I guess people really good at RPS memorize their competitor's tendencies instead of algorithms. Playing mind games is the key so that you can get your opponent in their defensive state (which you studied before hand) and control the game! :) -Chris On 11/15/05, mike_go_uk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > But is a coin really 50-50 or does one side come up more often than > the > > other? > > Oh, I see what you mean. Really, I don't see that you can do better > than to choose whichever has come up more frequently -- unless you > suspect that the tosser (sorry to any speakers of British English) can > control the outcome. > > [Btw, if you spin coins on their edges, rather than tossing them, the > results can be surprisingly strongly biased in one direction.] > > Mike > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ 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/
