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**hapasaparaz** · 08-17-2011, 02:02 AM

"Davenport - Li (37)"? I knew those bitches hated Lindsay.

For real, though, I'm with the person in the article (I forget who) who expressed the idea, "You seriously think the U.S. Open would risk getting caught for something this big just to give its top seeds a 99.5% chance of winning their first round rather than the usual 99% chance?" I'm not buying it.

Doesn't have to be a conspiracy, just that there is something wrong with the program being used. Though the report does say that the AO uses the same company: Earley said he would consult with representatives of Information & Display Systems, the company that provides the software that generates the random draw. IDS has been providing the random draw software for the U.S. Open for more than 10 years, and does the draw for the Australian Open. Which is strange as there is such a big difference between the USO and AO results. But we don't know if they use the exact same program, and if it has been the same for every year in the last 10.

I think their explanation of the sample size question (and what Togtdyalttai wrote about this on pg 1) makes sense. Not that this is my area of expertise! I have no expertise

08-17-2011, 02:02 AM	#29
hapasaparaz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	"Davenport - Li (37)"? I knew those bitches hated Lindsay. For real, though, I'm with the person in the article (I forget who) who expressed the idea, "You seriously think the U.S. Open would risk getting caught for something this big just to give its top seeds a 99.5% chance of winning their first round rather than the usual 99% chance?" I'm not buying it. Doesn't have to be a conspiracy, just that there is something wrong with the program being used. Though the report does say that the AO uses the same company: Earley said he would consult with representatives of Information & Display Systems, the company that provides the software that generates the random draw. IDS has been providing the random draw software for the U.S. Open for more than 10 years, and does the draw for the Australian Open. Which is strange as there is such a big difference between the USO and AO results. But we don't know if they use the exact same program, and if it has been the same for every year in the last 10. I think their explanation of the sample size question (and what Togtdyalttai wrote about this on pg 1) makes sense. Not that this is my area of expertise! I have no expertise
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