sounds similar to what some of these champs are now talking about
go figure
http://www.wgt.com/forums/t/512084.aspx
reminds me of a quote:
All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
sure enough, an algorithm
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2004/0002369.html