Author: Tim Foden
Date: 14:17:45 10/11/03
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On October 11, 2003 at 05:32:40, José Carlos wrote: >On October 11, 2003 at 05:19:23, Alessandro Damiani wrote: > >>On October 11, 2003 at 05:09:13, José Carlos wrote: >> >>>On October 11, 2003 at 05:02:59, Alessandro Damiani wrote: >>> >>>>On October 11, 2003 at 04:30:36, José Carlos wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 11, 2003 at 01:37:19, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On October 10, 2003 at 13:11:42, José Carlos wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On October 10, 2003 at 12:47:19, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On October 10, 2003 at 12:37:56, José Carlos wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On October 10, 2003 at 12:10:27, Christophe Theron wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>What a shame... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Christophe >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You have the right to ignore any post you don't like. >>>>>>>>> Personally, I couldn't care less about Bas hardware. I'm interested in the >>>>>>>>>problem itself, the nodes and the PV's. >>>>>>>>> So Bas, thanks for posting your analysis. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> José C. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>So you mean that mentionning the processor type and speed together with the >>>>>>>>analysis is useless? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Is it the opinion you want to defend? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For me? Yes. Is that bad? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> José C. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Then why mention the hash table size and not the processor type/speed? >>>>>> >>>>>>Why post the entire, long, boring analysis and not just the solution time and >>>>>>score? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Christophe >>>>> >>>>> Why post boring tounament talbes? Why post boring questions about how to run >>>>>this or that program under this or that GUI? Why post boring commercial >>>>>advertisments about a new version or a patch? Why post boring "how does alpha >>>>>beta search work" questions? >>>>> Your question and all my questions have the same answer: what I'm interested >>>>>in is not necessarily what the rest of the world is. I respect posts I'm not >>>>>interested in because I know someone is. >>>>> >>>>> José C. >>>> >>>> >>>>The question is the value of a posting if one is interested in reading it. >>>> >>>>When I see a time indication in a result then I am interested in the hardware >>>>used. If this information is not provided then the time indication is worthless. >>>>Can you compare it? No. >>>> >>>>Alessandro >>> >>> 1. "Worthless for you" != "a shame" >>> 2. You want to compare? Fine. Must then everyone else want to compare? Of >>>course not. >>> 3. If someone gives you for free something you don't need, will you say "it's >>>a shame you gave me this thing I don't need"? Or would you rather say "thanks, >>>could you please also give me that for the gift is more useful for me"? >>> >>> José C. >> >>If I would give you my broken TV set, would you take it just because it is a >>gift? >> >>Alessandro > > If you give it with good intention, I'd say "thanks Alessandro, could you >please fix it before giving to me? ;) Yes. And this seems to be what Christophe is saying... "thanks but could you please fix it?" :) Cheers, Tim.
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