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Subject: Re: Rolf's Thesis (exact wording!)

Author: Peter Hegger

Date: 09:38:07 02/04/03

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On February 04, 2003 at 11:35:55, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

(much snippage)

>4.) in a defined period of time, say half a year, the progs are forbidden to be
>changed; new games into book are allowed, techno bugs are allowed to be
>corrected; but the chess system of the engine version jan-june is constant;
>books are allowed but without lines no computer ever could solve actually;
>tables must be discussed by the nasters themselves and possibly forbidden and
>reduced or such!
>
>Rolf Tueschen

Rolf,
Yes, this would definetely give the poor human a much better chance to compete.
But don't you think this is stacking the deck in favour of the humans a little
too much?
I, personally, could never beat my car in a race if it were set up and running
properly. However, if I pulled off a few spark plug wires, let the air out of
the tires and drained out the oil, I would then stand an excellent chance of
defeating it.
This is basically what you want to do to the programs. You want to weaken it,
like I would weaken my car and then when it loses you can say " see, I told you
that the programs are not that strong".
Would that really be fair?
Regards,
Peter




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