From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,385be4c68a9e4de6 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-10 11:09:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!207.115.63.138!newscon04.news.prodigy.com!newsmst01.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr13.news.prodigy.com.POSTED!3bae8248!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Smart sorting algorithm ? References: <3D2C46FD.AD325907@despammed.com> X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 64.175.242.173 X-Complaints-To: abuse@prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com 1026324526 ST000 64.175.242.173 (Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:08:46 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:08:46 EDT Organization: Prodigy Internet http://www.prodigy.com X-UserInfo1: FKPO@SVGXZUWSVPXN[O@_WH@YR_B@EXLLBWLOOAFJYWZUYICD^RAQBKZQTZTX\_I[^G_KGFNON[ZOE_AZNVO^\XGGNTCIRPIJH[@RQKBXLRZ@CD^HKANYVW@RLGEZEJN@\_WZJBNZYYKVIOR]T]MNMG_Z[YVWSCH_Q[GPC_A@CARQVXDSDA^M]@DRVUM@RBM Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:08:46 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26993 Date: 2002-07-10T18:08:46+00:00 List-Id: >asking a human to make a better/worse value judgment on each pair. Do you have grounds to believe the human's preferences are transitive?