Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:05:04 03/24/00
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On March 24, 2000 at 00:20:08, Frank Koenig wrote: >With all of the finger pointing and accusations flying back and forth over the >latest internet match fiasco, why can't there be one simple solution: Require >both participants to be at facilities that have a permanent internet connection. >By that I mean T1, DSL, Cable, etc. That doesn't help at all. Take Crafty. It is on a 100mbit/sec connection to my building router. From there leaves the building on a gigabit fiber to the campus collapsed backbone in the computer center. From there OC12 to Atlanta, and from there who knows... to chessclub.com. I get disconnected regularly due to (a) ICC doing some silly things after 120 seconds of lag and (b) ICC can actually go down/reboot, and a permanent connection doesn't help. There is no way to prevent problems. Hsu reported interesting technical problems at some event he did with deep blue junior... the internet is volatile... the only "almost" certain way to play without problems is face-to-face. Of course, power problems, storms, earthquakes, illness, make even face-to-face events volatile at times... > >In each one of the previous matches that went awry, with proper arrangements, >there has to have been some kind of availability to this kind of connection. >Were not talking about third world nations here! > >I realise that these types of connections can have their problems on occasion. >But dial up connections need to be relegated to the role of backup to these much >more stable and appropriate connections to the internet. > >In the end, regardless of who treated who with disrespect or who was >unreasonable in their demands, one thing remains: these connections would have >addressed the problem at the source. There would have been no opportunity for >anyone to get upset with anyone else and the focus would have been back where it >belongs - on the game!
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