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Re: Reed Plastc Bags

Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2015-11-29 00:52

I like what you had to say Karl.

I'm not sure we are even that far off in the difference between the metric we seek to maximize...your's being optimal performance, and mine being optimal life.

You see, I probably should have clarified my definition of life. Defined more as "that period of time that a reed plays optimally," (which yes, in fairness, differs from "life"--which can include the desire for so-so reeds for practice) are goals dovetail nicely, even if our personal tolerance to reed imperfection may differ.

I think your saying that given the inherent lack of predictability in a reed's play over time, and that one reed's performance doesn't affect another, that like an insurance company, one pools together enough reeds (customers) of differnet ages such that their independent unpredictabilities tend to cancel each other out enough such that the pool has high probablities of containing adequate amounts of well performing cane (funds to pay customers experiencing insurance covered losses), as you personally define well performing cane (acceptable profit levels and risk.)

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