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Subject: Re: Moderation: Nothing wrong with the thread

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 05:42:55 12/16/00

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On December 16, 2000 at 07:06:49, Mogens Larsen wrote:

>On December 16, 2000 at 00:44:00, Michael Cummings wrote:
>
>[snip dancing with devils starring M. Cummings :o)]
>
>Just to set the record straight. The word used was "dealing", not "dancing",
>which changes the meaning quite a bit in my mind and renders your examples
>unusable in this context.


 Well Mogens, you seem to be quite familiar with these devilish things.
 I bow for your knowledge about the difference between "dealing" and
 "dancing" with this creature. Though a little off topic in this thread,
 I will welcome you to TC. No not him ;) Tiger Club, I mean. Looking
 forward to your objective review about Rebel 11.0. Hopefully spiced
 with some personal contributions also. Hm, dancing with the Tigers after
 dealing with the programmers... ;)

 Sune Larsson



>
>The line could very well have been intended in a humorous way. But compared with
>the accusations made initially in another thread;
>
>http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?145032,
>
>where the person in question implied that SSDF cheated and manipulated results,
>that wasn't the case. A simple question of adding two and two.
>
>Noone intends to prevent criticism against SSDF. However, there's a noticable
>difference from criticising the programs and hardware used with the list in hand
>to implying foul play without proof.
>
>I'll give three examples for you to think about:
>
>1) I don't trust the SSDF list because they only test Chessbase programs on the
>newest hardware IMO, resulting in an unfair list.
>
>2) The list is completely unreliable and means nothing to me, because the list
>of programs is incomplete and because of that buggy autoplayer.
>
>3) The SSDF cheat and manipulate results and anyone offering their program for
>testing is dealing with the devil.
>
>Which are acceptable in a moderated forum, Mr. Cummings?
>
>If you have problems deciding that, let me know and I'll give you a hint.
>
>Regards,
>Mogens (SAFP)



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