Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 10:30:40 04/19/01
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On April 19, 2001 at 13:22:35, Geo Disher wrote:
>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.
All these suggestions are fine.
If one or most of them are not allowed by the rules, anyway there will be at
least ONE that will be allowed.
Because they cannot forbid everything. Or else they have to write in the
contract "the program will lose during the match in the same exact way it loses
in the test games before the match".
I would really LOVE that they write something like that in the conditions! :)
Christophe
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