Re: The Plan for our Meeting with the Other Team

From: Robert A. Knop Jr. (robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu)
Date: Mon May 24 2004 - 08:44:01 PDT

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    On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 08:39:37AM -0700, Saul Perlmutter wrote:
    > You typed "I think we should not show them our 0's and 1's; no point."
    > I think you meant to say "I think we should not show them our 0's"
    > (based on the rest of your message) -- is that right?

    Oops. Sign error. I meant "not show them our 0's and -1's."

    > I guess there is one reason to also throw in the 0's, which are also
    > clearly labeled "probably junk": if by any chance we resuscitate one
    > of them later today, and the other team had it on their list, they will
    > say that they found things we didn't.

    I wouldn't worry about that. There's no reason for *us* to lie about
    that, and I don't think they'd really believe that. Plus, there is the
    candidate numbering and timestamps in the database. If they won't
    believe our word on *that*, then they shouldn't be using anything in any
    paper we publish.

    -Rob

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    --Prof. Robert Knop
      Department of Physics & Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
      robert.a.knop@vanderbilt.edu
    


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