Re: the george score


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Posted by LEO on June 22, 1999 at 16:18:12:

In Reply to: Re: the george score posted by Chris on June 22, 1999 at 13:50:01:

: : it is not just the number of bills entered i think the most important thing it the number of hits someone has recived and the percent of hit rate concidering geting hits is the ultimate goal.

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: Adam, this is exactly what the WG Point system calculates. It combines the number of hits and the percent hit rate into one number. It seems that you're agreeing with me now.

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: : and my main complaint is not that i am number one user and trying to stay number one i just do not agree on having a point system. it really is not fair to everyone, (as you can see by my hit rate i already get penalize everytime i enter bills by my hit rate droping. atleast i have control over that t is my choice to enter more or sit back wait for a few more hits to come in and enter more so my rate does not drop to much.)

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: I responded to Ms. K's comments about being "punished" for entering more bills. Read these (see link at botton) for more info. But to summarize: just because your hit rate drops today doesn't mean it won't go back to its normal level tomorrow. You can only get more points if you enter more bills and take a loss today so you can gain more the next day.

: : as per people faking bills entered and hits, that is the job of the web site management to watch out for. so to say a ranking system would cause people to fake entries is not o good enough excuse to use for rating systems.

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: As soon as this web site becomes too much of a pain in the butt for Hank, he will close it down. I think he's done a good job maintaining the site, responding to our comments and suggestions, and especially keeping the data legitimate. If he has to filter through even more data, it'll probably drive him nuts. If rank is based on the number of bills entered, people would be more inclined to come and enter all the fake serial numbers that they want. There's very little Hank can do to determine which serial numbers are real and which ones aren't if someone just puts in "random" numbers.

: Hope this helps ...

: Chris
Please foregive them ,they no not what they do -- The state of new jersey should fly a flag for
for the most wheresgeorge bills entered LOL


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