Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:54:04 05/10/00
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On May 09, 2000 at 21:56:15, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>Must I repeat that for me Hsu is responsible because he "made" the hard- and >>>software, with others of course? My point was that a scientist had had the >>>obligation to reflect the mentioned problems and to find solutions. If you are >>>convinced that logfiles had no meaning for the question of cheating, then I said >>>that Hsu should have found a form of protocol that could give us the possibility >>>to examin that. >>> > > >That is painting with a very wide brush. As I have pointed out on multiple >occasions, what you are asking for is impossible to provide. Within the realm >of practical solutions. You _could_ lock DB, the operator, and Kasparov inside >a steel vault, with no windows, no external cables, sufficient shielding to >make certain no form of magnetic radiation could penetrate to the interior. > >_then_ you could be reasonable sure no outside influence was being used. But >I don't think _anyone_ would consent to playing under such conditions. You >could not have light in the room, unless it was battery powered, otherwise >some sort of modulation could be used... > >So preventing cheating was not doable. > >Providing some sort of 'audit' capability is therefore not doable, by >simple induction. If a human could influence the game, it could influence >whatever 'log' was produced at the same time, to make the influence >undetectable. > >I don't see any way to prevent such. Nor do I see any reason to spend a lot >of time trying to prevent such. If you don't trust your opponent, don't play >him. After all, it _is_ a "game"... > I was going to say as much. Why should Hsu presume he is going to be accused of cheating and have ready evidence that he (and his team) are not? I think I will start walking around with the purchase receipts of everything on my body so that I can permanently prove that I didn't steal. Kasparov's only argument to back up his ridiculous accusation was that because his PC programs never played DB's moves, DB couldn't have either. Albert Silver
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