[blml] Mobile lawbook

[Peter Eidt]

> +=+ I am not sure the concept of induction is greatly understood 
> among these contributors.  From experience its exercise is almost 
> wholly absent.  We do have Herman of course, his induction is 
> without parallel. +=+

oh please, don't be so rashly !!

We have in Germany a man, who developes scoring-programs
(scorer#1).
One of his main theorems is a follows: Nowhere in Law 77 is says, 
that the score of the non-playing side is the "reciprocal" score of 
the playing side. And this man is wright (in saying, that Law 77
is silent about this); it's just "common pratice" and "a matter of
induction". Now, after reading the new laws, and after finding
the new sentence "If all players pass each side enters a
zero score." within Law 77 he feels himself confirmed.
Therefore he scores bridge tournaments with all pairs,
that did not bid the contract, getting zero points. In the same
way he interprets Law 78A in a way that comparable scores
are those which are played ont the same distribution (board)
regardless of the "side" of the hand ... (mmmpfff...) And in
an (absurd)  way this man is correct again, as Law 78A is silent 
about the conditions one need to compare two scores.

You won't believe what this man is uttering ...
btw, if anybody wants to spoil his/her evening, I can give you an
advice on www.bridgeassistant.com. But, please, only if you're in
a firm mood (and not on suicide).

Not to be misunderstood: I'm not advocating the laws to
be too inductive. But, if one leaves too much room for
interpretation, one willl get views as scorer#1 and dWS.

Peter Eidt
Warendorf, Germany