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Subject: Re: Computer Chess is pointless

Author: Bas Hamstra

Date: 11:53:25 01/07/02

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On January 07, 2002 at 13:44:43, Joshua Lee wrote:

>you are Ill informed .   As much as i think the SSDF is Inaccurate in it's
>ratings it does a few things that are consistent:
>1 Shows which programs are stronger than others and on what hardware
>
>This is the only point i need to make to totally bust your argument because
>if you look at the estimated ammounts they give for each of their hardware
>increases or if you take the averages from one set of hardware to another you
>should see clearly that in reality there is a definite increase in most newer
>versions.  I don't know how the program authors do it but they do.....
>look at Junior 6 and 7 on a K6-2 450.

I dont see your point. I am not saying that programs don't improve. But I do say
that Junior 7 does not stand a chance against Junior 6 on 2x slower hardware.
Can you find 1 program where a newer version beats an older on 2x slower
hardware?

Bas.




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