Comments on: Gauss and NCAA Brackets http://skyking162.com/2006/04/gauss-and-ncaa-brackets/ baseball with a hint of lime Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:09:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Tom http://skyking162.com/2006/04/gauss-and-ncaa-brackets/#comment-67 Tom Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:04:43 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2006/04/gauss-and-ncaa-brackets/#comment-67 Nice - interesting read. I think I've heard that story about Gauss before. I wonder if he was a cocky prick, or just cool and smart. FWIW, interpretation 2 probably wouldn't have worked too well for Gauss, unless the assignment was for a set of numbers where you can easily figure out the average w/out adding them all up. So next year I just need to enter 9.22x10^18 ESPN bracket entries to be sure I'll win the prize? Sweet. Nice - interesting read. I think I’ve heard that story about Gauss before. I wonder if he was a cocky prick, or just cool and smart. FWIW, interpretation 2 probably wouldn’t have worked too well for Gauss, unless the assignment was for a set of numbers where you can easily figure out the average w/out adding them all up.

So next year I just need to enter 9.22×10^18 ESPN bracket entries to be sure I’ll win the prize? Sweet.

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