Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:06:24 05/20/00
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On May 20, 2000 at 13:12:10, Dann Corbit wrote:
>On May 20, 2000 at 12:06:52, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On May 20, 2000 at 11:35:55, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>Is a contest like WCCC Paderborn a competition?
>>>;-)
>>
>>Much like a Formula 1 race is. It's a competition because of the human element.
>>If Junior/Fritz/whomever wins, I admire the program, but give credit to the
>>programmer.
>>
The element exists but the programmer is not the one who is playing.
>
>And does not this same human element exist in any contest in which those
>programs...
>Participate?
>;-)
Suppose I set up a race with a mechanic racing his race car by remote control
verus another car and its mechanic. You are telling me that that is the same
thing as racing it against just the mechanic? And in the context of a national
championship, that the car was 'champion'? In my view these are not the same
thing at all and yet in both cases the object will be to cover a distance in the
shortest time.
Albert Silver
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