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Subject: Re: Chess Programmers -- take note: M. N. J. van Kervinck's Master's Thesis

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 07:54:20 08/20/02

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On August 20, 2002 at 10:34:34, Andreas Guettinger wrote:

>On August 20, 2002 at 09:43:17, Sune Fischer wrote:
>
>>On August 20, 2002 at 08:58:56, Tony Werten wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>And the fact that this is a thesis in 2002 gives you a nice idea about the
>>>>>current level of duch universities as well.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not sure what to read into that... are you being sarcastic?
>>>>Or are you pointing out that it's a thesis and not a dissertation?
>>>
>>>Sorry, I was being sarcastic. The thesis has no depth and contains completely no
>>>news. The complete contents can be found in other thesis or publications.
>>>
>>>I know a thesis is called a "transference of bones from one grave to another"
>>>but for something written in 2002 this is really one of the worse examples I
>>>have seen.
>>>
>>>And the supervisor, who is supposed to be an expert didn't notice/care/know.
>>>Well, what can you expect, the guy is an architect.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>
>>I had the same thought, copy-paste from net and you have a thesis, amazing...
>>
>>Looks more like an article for the sunday paper than a thesis.
>>
>>-S.
>
>Ok guys, I'm sure you are kind enough to show us your thesis, so we can discuss
>them a bit?

It isn't finished yet, but I'll make it public when it is, just don't see myself
posting it here, as it's not related to chess one bit...

>And your chess engines, I'm sure they have everything mentioned in
>Mr. van Kervinck's Thesis built in, right?

Half the programmers here should get a Ph.D if this is the standard for a
masters.

-S.

>Always remember Rule One.
>
>Andy



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