Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:31:01 10/19/00
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On October 19, 2000 at 15:22:42, Steven Schwartz wrote: >On October 19, 2000 at 14:57:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 19, 2000 at 12:57:43, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>On October 19, 2000 at 12:42:14, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>> >>>>Steven: >>>> >>>>I have read from this story before, but never you have told how your lawyers >>>>convinced the jury. I wonder what a heck knows average jury people about >>>>ratings, Mhz speed and in fact about chess in general. And nevertheles these >>>>were esential data. How they did? >>>>Fernando >>> >>>We called Larry Kaufman as a witness, and Larry's job was to >>>explain to the jury what ratings were and how MHz affected ratings. >>>Larry has always been pretty good at using plain English to explain >>>complicated issues. Even my parents could understand what he was >>>saying. Fidelity had no idea that we knew that the machines at the >>>tournament were running at 8 MHz. >>>Steve (ICD/our Move Chess & Games) >> >> >>That wasn't the _only_ game they played, either. There were others. From >>machines they would let _nobody_ touch, to under-the-table agreements on the >>outcomes of games before they were even played. >> >>The "glory days" of microcomputer chess programs/machines. :) > > >A rhetorical question... >Isn't it ironic that they chose Fidelity for their name? >Steve (ICD/Your Move Chess & Games) Not really. If you twist the word a bit, you get "fidelity -> be true to _yourselves_" :)
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