Author: Roger
Date: 16:27:22 03/23/00
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I think her faith in KK was damaged at the beginning, when they failed to honor their contract with her, and was damaged more and more as the games degenerated into the absurd. Eventually I think she doubted even that a computer was really playing. She may also have felt that since they'd had so much trouble with the connection (in her mind, it was a KK problem), they might just have a human play not to embarass themselves more. Eventually, trust changed to complete distrust, and she wanted out of the games. Raj On March 23, 2000 at 18:33:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 23, 2000 at 07:49:02, Tina Long wrote: > >>On March 23, 2000 at 07:37:50, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On March 23, 2000 at 03:26:05, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>> >>>>I just think she should have continued the match via telephone. I basically >>>>don't understand her reason not to. I mean, yes, using the telephone is sort of >>>>a breach of contract, it is something that was not agreed upon, it is changing a >>>>situation that is already messed up. >>>> >>>>However, how could using the phone possibly mess up the situation any more than >>>>it already was? And it's not like using a phone is rocket science. It would not >>>>have made anything more complicated. On the contrary, it would have simplified >>>>everything and made it work. But oh well. >>> >>>Who was the independent observer at the other end? If there wasn't any then I >>>can't see why she should agree to play over the phone. >>> >>>Best wishes... >>>Mogens >> >>That was a point that Xie Jun made. It seems she believed, possibly >>erroneously, that while on the internet she was connected directly to Deep >>Junior (isn't that how internet chess like Yahoo & ICC & FIC's work?). On the >>Telephone there was a human at the other end betwen her and DJ, and she could >>not be 100% sure that the moves and times she received were DJ's. >> >>Anyway, it's finished. >>What's next? >> >>Tina Long > > >I don't buy that argument. She may have felt 'abused' or whatever. She may >have felt (apparently justifiably I might add) that KK was totally incompetent >and that they could not repair the situation enough to make it viable. But to >say she couldn't be 100% sure that the computer was on the other end is total >nonsense. How could she _possibly_ be sure she was playing DJ? Answer: She >couldn't. The only way to be 100% sure is to play _in person_. So while she >had plenty to grumble about, this isn't legitimate.
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