Mark Johnson wrote:
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> Purely random,
> one-bid per unit is the only system that EVERYONE would agree is fair.
Response:
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Not everyone. I for one completely disagree, and I have had plenty of
experience in statistics over the past 25 years. The previous systems
were lousy. However, other than the time savings, this one is no
better, and in fact is even more prone to abuse than the previous
iterations. [For obvious reasons I will not provide details on how to
"beat" the system, but I can assure you it is already being done.] What
bothers me more than anything is that Philmont has had ample suggestions
of quite fair selection methodologies over the past 10 years, including
offers to set up said methodologies for free, and instead they took the
lazy man's approach. When you consider how hard they work at virtually
everything else, and how good a job they do at nearly all elements of
Ranch operations, the failure in this most critical aspect is just
mystifying.
- Dr. Bob
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Received on Sun Nov 28 06:36:39 2004
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