Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:00:06 01/02/02
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On January 02, 2002 at 16:56:46, Dan Andersson wrote: >Fear of what? There are some issues here: >The possibility of human intervention in this online tournament; Someone might cheat. That could happen at any tournament. But cheat with what? Is Kasparov going to sit around and give advice? Against (for instance) Shredder on a 1.x GHz machine, kabitzing is risky and stupid. If you are in fear of that, then you are a true coward. Lame excuse negated. >Preparation for other events; Use the current engine and have someone else run it for you. No preparation or even action is needed. Lame excuse negated. >A conflicting shedule... Well, you do have to give up 2 weekends. But you could surely find someone to run the program for you (as others have done). Lame excuse negated. >The possibilities are endless. If someone feels uneasy or unwilling >to participate. I can understand them. Calling them chickens, doesn't feel >right. IMO. Nevertheless, if they are not participating, that is why. I suspect that it is not the programmers who are afraid. Rather it is the legal departments or marketing departments for the product who are forbidding the entry into this contest. But that is still cowardice generated by the companies. >But I still hope they will join sometime. Me too, but I doubt it. Look at companies who try to legally forbid the use of any publication of the performance of their engines against any other engine right on the box. These people are seething with fear. There are no objections to joining other than fear that are not quickly overcome with one second's thought.
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