Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 16:47:58 05/06/00
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On May 05, 2000 at 17:35:46, Chessfun wrote: >On May 05, 2000 at 14:01:49, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >>On May 05, 2000 at 09:35:19, Mogens Larsen wrote: >> >>>On May 05, 2000 at 07:03:40, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>>It is true when posting I use one of the computers. >>>> >>>>!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! >>> >>>I don't think it's that important, unless at a very short timecontrol. It >>>depends on the mail software used I would imagine. Outlook or Outlook Express >>>might not be a good idea. Hard to evaluate the influence correctly IMO. >> >>It is very important IMHO : >> >>1.) These programs differ very little in playing strength. You need exact >>results under fair conditions with many games, else you can't tell which is >>stronger. > > >According to others since this test don't tell which is stonger >anyway it don't matter. OTOH You need fair conditions, posting >at message at CCC IMHO has no effect. > > >>2.) If you load a program like IE and Outlook , during the time it loads the >>program HD-access will basically stop the search. But the clock of the program >>will keep ticking. If it uses approx. 1 min for one move (not a very short time >>control) and its a critical position and it only gets 20 seconds effective >>thinking time ... > > >Outlook for what? posting at CCC?. >And if you post such a note as 2.) then maybe you should have checked >with something like taskinfo2000 as I have then you would see the result >was next to nothing and could have saved yourself the trouble of posting !!. > >Thanks. This is wrong. People complain all the time when using win95/win98. When you play chess on a server using winboard, and you simply type in a text window while the engine is playing, that robs a significant part of the CPU from the engine. I don't notice this under NT or under Linux. But it has been oft-discussed about win95 in particular... > > >> >>Sincerely, >>Georg
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