On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:14:49 -0500, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... >A "zero sum game" is one in which you neither win nor lose. You come out >no worse or better than you were before. A "negative sum game" is one in >which you lose. You come out worse off than you were before. >... Not quite ... unless the "you" is the total of all players. The "zero sum" is summed across all players. Winners win at the expense of losers. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
