Re: [Bug-gnubg] random dice generator? hahahaaa

[tchow]

Thomas Moulton wrote:
> If someone "KNOWS" that gnubg (or insert your gaming server here, say
> fibs.com) you can NEVER convince them otherwise.

Correct.  I'm surprised at how many participants in this thread think 
that logic has to power to change anyone's mind on this subject.

> There is no way to win this, just sit back and laugh...

But "winning" should not be defined in terms of getting people to think 
logically.  Winning either means profiting off people's irrationality, 
or, since profiteering might go against the GNU philosophy, figuring out 
how to make illogical people happy.  My two suggestions were in that 
vein.

On a plane trip I took a few years ago, the backgammon program was so 
easy to beat that I started to suspect that the dice were intentionally 
biased in the player's favor.  I didn't bother to collect data to test 
this hypothesis, but it got me thinking that such a feature would surely 
increase the satisfaction of most customers.  The last thing an airline 
wants is a complaint that its recreational software cheats.  There's 
something to be said for trying to please the customer instead of 
contemptuously berating their illogicality.

Tim