Author: Geo Disher
Date: 10:22:35 04/19/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 13:13:56, Geo Disher wrote: >On April 19, 2001 at 11:48:08, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>Hi CCC! >> >> >> >>Life is so fun! >> >>I had a great time today reading the comments of Stefan and all the answers >>(yesterday was No Computer Day for me, so I did not read the forum). >> >>What do I read? I read that one of the main reasons to withdraw from the Kramnik >>challenge (not the only one to be honnest) is the fact that the program must be >>sent to the player three months before the match. >> >>Wow! So the player is going to prepare for three months, and because of this >>even a player weaker than Kramnik would be able to crush the computer. >> >>Ach so! >> >>And EVERYBODY is following up by comments like: >> >>X: this is unacceptable. >> >> Y: yes, this match is a joke. >> >> Z: of course, everything has been done so Kramnik will win easily. >> >> X (again): I told you! Of course Stefan HAD to withdraw after this. >> >> Y: yes, this condition is an insult! >> >> W: of course, now we know who has killed JFK. >> >> >> >>:) :) :) >> >>That's incredible. Everybody is jumping into the trap without even THINKING. >> >> >>How should I call that? Disinformation, Lack of information, Deep Sleep, >>Collective Hypnosis? >> >>OK, let's go for LACK OF IMAGINATION. >> >> >>Guys, we are faced with a PROBLEM: the player will have access to the program 3 >>months before the match. >> >>So let's find a SOLUTION! >> >>I won't go into Deep Details here, but let me tell you that I can easily write a >>program that nobody could ever prepare against, especially given the (known) >>conditions of the match. >> >>You do not have to be a chess programmer to know how to do that. >> >> >>OK, let's see if somebody can come up with a decent solution to this problem. >>Please, show me that you are not all deeply asleep and try to find creative >>solution(s). There are actually many ways to solve the problem. >> >> >> >>Guys, have you seen the movie "The Matrix"? Do you remember? >> >> >> >> **** FREE YOUR MIND **** >> >> >> >> >> Christophe >Here are a few suggestions. It would be easy if you new that the users were >never going to change their computer calendars but they could easily do this so >my idea is to put other annoying functionality in the software like… >1) You cannot enter a position. You must start each game from a standard >starting setup. >2) You cannot change the time settings. It must play 40moves in two hours or >what ever their tournament settings are >3) Set it so that it will not play more games than you think the tournament >will have maximum >4) How about this one. Once you start the software you can’t shut it down. >This is a bit risky. You would put a UPS on the unit and pray that it does not >hiccup in the tournament Oh this is a easy one. Have it so that it has to go out to the internet and see a particular site before it makes a move and only have the site accessable at the time of the match. I think this even stays withen the rules.
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