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0.432 error is not 43.2% error

Posted By: rew
Date: Thursday, 23 May 2013, at 2:21 p.m.

In Response To: 0.432 error is not 43.2% error *NM* (mtuhtan)

I noticed this as well. It is kind of common to refer to equity as percentage in speech. For example, a 0.100 blunder is by some referred to as a 10% blunder. As long as people understand this is a simplifaction it probably doesn't matter - it gives you a picture of the size of error. But I prefer referring to it as 'zero-point-one-hundred' blunder. The equity term encompasses single wins, gammons, backgammons and even cubevig so using 'percentages' is strictly speaking wrong.

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    mtuhtan -- Thursday, 23 May 2013, at 2:09 p.m.
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      rew -- Thursday, 23 May 2013, at 2:21 p.m.
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        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 23 May 2013, at 2:29 p.m.
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