On Apr 16, 10:02=A0pm, pauldepst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 17, 4:45=A0am, bob <bob_k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On Apr 16, 2:56=A0am, pauldepst...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > On Apr 16, 9:50=A0am, bob <bob_k...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > On Apr 15, 4:53=A0pm, monty1...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > > > > I plugged the drop from position 1 into my GNUBG version (set at
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> > > > > ply), and it was 716 wins, with 57 gammons for, and 29 against.
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> > > > =A0 Do you not yet realize how meaningless those numbers are
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> > > > many games total were rolled out?
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> > > > Bob Koca
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> > > If he were to give a one-word answer to your question: "Yes", then
> > > would that mean "Oh yes, I do realize how meaningless the numbers
> > > are." or would that mean "Yes, I do not yet realize how meaningless
> > > those numbers are." =A0? =A0 =A0 =A0 A similar ambiguity would arise
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> > > answered "No."
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> > > So your yes-no question seems itself ambiguous.
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> > > Paul Epstein
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> > =A0I don't see it. An answer of yes to me means that he is affirming
> > that he does not yet realize.
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> > =A0 BTW, yes is a one word answer to your question " If he were to
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> > a one-word answer to your question: "Yes", then would that mean "Oh
> > yes, I do realize how meaningless the numbersare." or would that mean
> > "Yes, I do not yet realize how meaningless =A0those numbers are."
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> I would see "Yes" as being totally ambiguous. =A0Suppose a parent says
> to a teenager in a questioning tone "You didn't clean your room?,"
> then "Yes" would probably be short for "Oh yes, I did." =A0That is why
> questions of the form Do-you-not or Did-you-not etc. tend to be highly
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Is it the question or the response that is ambiguous?
Bob Koca
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