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Old 03-03-2010, 08:46 PM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by kubark42 View Post
It's not really that important though, as all these factors tend to average out, leaving you with good results even if you have more uncertainty than you would like.
Sorry, I missed this earlier. I would contend that that is almost wholly false. The factors tend to work additively, and many act exponentially, which is why you over estimate effiency over so much of the operational curve.

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