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To: Razorbak who wrote (39936)	3/14/1999 6:20:00 PM
From: SargeK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

Great Game! Let's let Qhadafi be Player A and Saddam Player B, and let's pretend I own 10k shares of RIG, 10k shares of NE and 10k shares of XON and I'm approaching retirement. And let's further pretend I'm flying a B-52 on my last mission over the Med and my instrumentation panel unexpectedly goes berserk and all radio contact is lost. Games over! I win. This message would later be found floating in a bottle off the Coast of Southern France. <<grin>> K

To: Razorbak who wrote (39936)	3/14/1999 8:03:00 PM
From: SliderOnTheBlack	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 95453

Razor; Why didn't you just post your ''prisoner'' thesis in Chinese ROFLMAO ! It would receive the same degree of comprehension... You aren't toying with people here are you <VBG> ? Hangman yes; Yahtzee sure; but, the Prisoners Dilemma ? - shame, shame on you....hitting them with that thar fancypants MBA/Harvard type cyphering... You had to be the smartest boy in all of Arkansas at one time...serial sex offenders aside...

To: Razorbak who wrote (39936)	3/14/1999 9:47:00 PM
From: diana g	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 95453

Re: Prisoners' Dilemma Hi Razor, The choice facing each 'prisoner' requires him to do an analysis of the costs and benefits of each possible action. I agree that if the benefit of defecting is clear, then that is the likely choice. But is it beneficial? In your example you gave point values to each possible outcome, but of course these are arbitrary. To use the police analogy --- If the police offer one suspect a two year sentence if he talks, and he faces 30 years if he does not but his partner does talk, then he is much more likely to talk than if they offer him 25 years versus the same 30 (and freedom in all cases if neither talks.) I think the difference of opinion here is on this point --- You think that the producers will see defecting to be in their best interest as individuals. I believe that they will cooperate (not cheat) because they recognize that the cost of non-compliance is greater than the benefit of non-compliance. regards, diana