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Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting
Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:22 am
by thorkilnaur
Hello,
Entering my projecteuler account for the first time, I was greeted with "Your current rating is 0% genius, having solved out of 183 problems." I suggest adding "0" between "solved" and "out".
Best regards
Thorkil
Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:23 am
by neverforget
Awww how nice is it to be 0% genius anyways.... Should change that message to "You have not solved any problems yet." Nobody wants to be told they're 0% genius.
Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:46 pm
by JohnMorris
With the current algorithm, I think somebody who has solved exactly one problem will also be told that they are 0% genius, so maybe that should be another special case.
Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting
Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:04 pm
by Georg
Thumbo wrote:With the current algorithm, I think somebody who has solved exactly one problem will also be told that they are 0% genius, so maybe that should be another special case.
Else (with a modified algorithm) an additional significant digit could be used. Then this rating would be 0.5%.
Re: Suggestion: Add a "0" to the initial greeting
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:56 am
by JohnMorris
Georg wrote:Thumbo wrote:With the current algorithm, I think somebody who has solved exactly one problem will also be told that they are 0% genius, so maybe that should be another special case.
Else (with a modified algorithm) an additional significant digit could be used. Then this rating would be 0.5%.
I just realized that even two solved problems will also show as 0% (floor(2/202)).
Last time this was discussed there was a fair consensus on the current algorithm, but everyone was focused on the 99 to 100% range, and didn't think it through for those just starting.