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Subject: Re: i think this is dishonest marketing, and very unprofessional

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 03:26:50 08/25/01

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On August 24, 2001 at 22:28:48, Bruce Moreland wrote:

Hi Bruce

>I don't think there's anything wrong with it.  Junior won the tournament.  They
>are not overall world champion, they are dual world champion.  As long as they
>don't claim a title they didn't get, everything is fine.
>
>
>Regarding the rules for the tournament, there weren't really any.  We hashed
>through some stuff at the players' meeting.
>
>But if someone had brought a quad that moved on wheels, there would have been no
>reason to rule it ineligible.  The only rule that I know of is that it had to be
>on site.

I must say I find those rules very strange.
First of all, I think it is very likely that Deep Junior is stronger than
Shredder even on a single processor system.
Why is DJ not given a chance to prove it is also the best on single CPU systems?
After all, you can't go out and claim that Shredder is "the best" without
letting DJ have a crack at it ;)

I don't understand the rules for the hardware, of cause DJ is stronger than
Shredder on Dual, but in principle what would stop me from dragging in a Cray
and kick DJ *ss and claim the title?
Would that mean my program was the best - certainly not.

I say you would need to run the programs on exactly the same hardware to find
the best program, otherwise the hardware could be the decisive factor.
Yes that would mean more than one tournament, and DJ would need to run on a
single CPU system when attending the single CPU category.

BTW: what is the reason that Fritz did not participate?
Last I heard Deep Fritz beat Deep Junior, so DJ would need to beat DF to claim
the title, would it not?

Thanks for a great board, I really enjoy reading all this stuff ;)
-Sune



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