Comments on: MVP Profile: Peter the Great http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/ NHL - Hockey Trade Rumors, providing NHL Hockey Trade Rumors since 1996 Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: defenestrate http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78456 defenestrate Wed, 04 Feb 2004 10:32:53 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78456 I just did – it’s appalling…….

]]> By: dumpsterdiver http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78455 dumpsterdiver Wed, 04 Feb 2004 01:41:29 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78455 I agree. It’s just a peeve of mine that for all the effort one puts in to submit something they don’t have the sense to proofread their submission. Frankly I’m appalled how many people don’t know the difference between they’re, there and their.

If you want a laugh check out www.engrish.com

]]> By: dumpsterdiver http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78454 dumpsterdiver Wed, 04 Feb 2004 01:35:40 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78454 For arguments sake let’s change the scenario around to “losing percentage”, as in how many nights sleep are you going to lose trying to prove your point, LOL. It’s a well known fact that “winning percentage” is a function of possible points, period! Get over it.

]]> By: Petr89 http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78453 Petr89 Tue, 03 Feb 2004 13:29:51 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78453 Ok. First of all, I’d like to point out to anyone still following this ridiculous thread that the person I am arguing with is actually citing a source entitled, “The Canuck Library.”

Second: The internet is a vast and wonderful place, in which I can reference a practically infinite amount of information, and still be completely wrong. I’m really not interested in arguing statistics with Bob and Doug Mckenzie.

Third: The excerpt you posted practically says exactly what I did. Please notice “the number of possible points” in the denominator.

Fourth: Your excerpt also acknowledges that the phrase winning percentage is ambiguous, perhaps even a misnomer, by earmarking the words with parantheses. Perhaps, people (I’m not naming names) commonly misuse this phrase when they mean something else. Perhpas this situation is much like “irregardless,” just because many people use a phrase doesn’t mean that it is correct. Perhaps our original author was actually writing clearly and concisely. Or perhaps not.

Fifth: A question: If I were to give you a percentage of something, say the percentage of “event X” happening in “Y” attempts, and then proceeded to tell you the value of “Y,” should you not be able to tell me how many times event X occurred. If abstractions are not your forte, let me help out. A team’s winning percentage (using your definition) is .500, and they’ve played 10 games. You tell me how many times they’ve won?

Finally: In the best case scenario for your argument, the phrase “winning percentage” is ambiguous (as opposed to simply being commonly misused). If this is indeed the case, I’m afraid you’re still the ass since you’re the initial aggressor in a sitation that really warranted no aggression.

P.S. The answer is 5, or is it 4, could be 3, no, 2, crap, it could be 1, or even 0. Gee. It is kind of odd that a winning percentage gives me absolutely no idea how many times a team has actually won.

]]> By: defenestrate http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78452 defenestrate Tue, 03 Feb 2004 11:07:17 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78452 That wasn’t a rebuttal – that was an observation. If and when I issue you a “rebuttal”, you will definitely know it.

My mission is not to “pick apart” – it is to inform, enlighten, and entertain.

woo hoo…..

]]> By: dumpsterdiver http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78451 dumpsterdiver Tue, 03 Feb 2004 10:00:23 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78451 That’s the best you can do for a rebuttal? That’s too petty to even dignify a response. However, when a person takes it on themselves to present an article for public perusal they are leaving the door wide open for criticism. Particularly when they can’t even get their facts straight. If and when I write an article you will be more than welcome to pick it apart.

]]> By: defenestrate http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78450 defenestrate Tue, 03 Feb 2004 08:53:39 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78450 Except when it comes to sentence structure and capitalization rules, of course.

]]> By: dumpsterdiver http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78449 dumpsterdiver Mon, 02 Feb 2004 23:26:24 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78449 winning percentage:

the percentage of its games a team has won during a period of time, given by the following formula:

Winning Percentage = (#wins + #ties/2)/(#games played)

http://www.firstbasesports.com/football_glossary.html

even though it refers to football it is conceptually the same so…

End of argument.

I can afford to be arrogant because I know I’m right Jackass.

]]> By: dumpsterdiver http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78448 dumpsterdiver Mon, 02 Feb 2004 23:20:37 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78448 “Let’s start with a basic understanding of what a “winning percentage” is (and why it matters). To calculate the winning percentage for a team, simply take the number of points they have earned and divide by the number of possible points they could have earned. (And you thought algebra would never come in handy.)”

http://www.comnet.ca/~dmarchak/can500.htm

]]> By: defenestrate http://hockeytraderumors.com/mvp-profile-peter-the-great/comment-page-1/#comment-78447 defenestrate Mon, 02 Feb 2004 20:57:19 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress24/?p=7846#comment-78447 Believe me, I know…..

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