RE: DS2: Design questions of my own.

I'm not arguing that 75% kill rate doesn't produce more casualties than
50% kill rate.	What I'm arguing about is how useful the 50% increase
statement is.

Assuming that you are evaluating if you get more bang for the mass - the
answer is yes.	What I'm trying to get at is how much more.  50% more
kill for 25% more mass is less informative than 5% kill rate per mass
compared to 4.16% kill per mass.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oerjan Ohlson [mailto:oerjan.ohlson@telia.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:15 PM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: RE: DS2: Design questions of my own.
> 
> 
> Binhan Lin wrote:
> 
> >Actually the better number is 25%
> >
> >Chance of absolute kill is increased from 50% to 75%, an 
> increase of 25%.
> >
> >Saying that it is an increase of 50% in chance to kill is a 
> little misleading.
> 
> No, it isn't. If the MDC/4 hits at 20 targets with Armour/5, 
> it will K-kill 
> on average 10 of them. An MDC/5 hitting those same 20 targets 
> will K-kill 
> on average 15 of them. 15 K-kills are 50% more than 10 
> K-kills - and it is 
> the actual number of kills that are important.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Oerjan
> oerjan.ohlson@telia.com
> 
> "Life is like a sewer.
>   What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
> -Hen3ry
> 
>