On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:51:31 +0200, "Hendrik van Rooyen"
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> "Wayne Brehaut" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:37:13 -0400, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Wayne Brehaut wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:32:03 -0700, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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>> Also, I tend to follow the general Evolutionarily Stable Strategy
>> generally called "Retaliator". In the simple game of Hawk vs. Dove a
>> Hawk always attacks and defends to the death, whereas a Dove always
>> runs. A mixed strategy would be to sometimes attack-and-defend and
>> sometimes run, and a special case is to always run except when you're
>> attacked--then defend to the death; i.e., behave like a Dove to a Dove
>> and like a Hawk to a Hawk.
>>
>> In Game Theory, if not in practice, Retaliator is dominant over both
>> pure Hawk and pure Dove, partly because some who present like Hawks
>> are actually Bullies--who behave like Hawks until an opponent defends,
>> then behave like Doves.
>
>*grin* - you realise of course, that this stated strategy leaves you wide
>open to trolls of the "Lets see what we can provoke him into responding"
>kind - from people whose sense of humour is either subtle, or evil...
>
>- Hendrik
Subtle is good and generally easy enough to spot ("Never kid a
kidder!"). As for evil, no problem--I'm also a bit of an Equivocator
(perhaps even Prevaricator), and probably won't bother to respond to
anyone who seems to be a waste of time or is beyond redemption.
I seldom use a kill filter though since I'm too curious about what
they're going to say next, but can just read and suffer silently when
I choose to!
And thanks for the sage advice!
wwwayne
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