Author: jean-christophe WEILL
Date: 03:02:37 10/23/97
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On October 23, 1997 at 04:56:21, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On October 23, 1997 at 03:14:32, jean-christophe WEILL wrote: > >> I was not there but I think it was more fair to let Virtual Chess >>having the exact same hardware as Fritz for a playoff between the two >>programs. >> >> If Fritz had a Pentium 166Mhz, I am sure Pascal should not have >>switched to a P6 200Mhz. > >Fritz had a Pentium 200, not a Pentium Pro 200. This was his own >choice, he ran slower on the Pentium Pro. But it is not the same >machine. > >Did Pascal use the 166 in the blitz tournament? > >> My point is that at this tournament, AMD provides enough computer for >>all participants. > >> You can not say : "I do it because others do!" because others will do >>it >>because you do it. > >I don't understand your position in light of what you've done in the >past. In Paderborn, according to the hardware list in the ICCAJ, you >had a 133 rather than the supplied 120, and in Jakarta you had a 166 >rather than the supplied 133. I'm sure there were plenty of supplied >machines in both cases. So why did you bring one that was a little bit >better? > >It is ethical to achieve a small hardware advantage but not a larger >one? > In the past, we only tried to follow what the others good competitors are doing. If you want to have a result and that the other professionnal competitors arrives with much superior hardware, we have to arrive with the same hardware, of course. My point is that I am not that happy with this situation. And as Chris said this looks like a military side now. Of course, as a professionnal team, we can afford to come with much superior hardware than amateur, we do not do it by default that's all. >Someone asked Pascal why you guys weren't on faster hardware. I don't >remember what he said, but I think I would have remembered had he said >something like, "we think that is unethical." Pascal speaks for himself, not for the team. I speak for myself, not for the team. Jean-Christophe. PS: If you have to buy subway tickets, but them by ten of them, it's much cheaper. You do not have to give Tips in restaurants. (at least not 12%)
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