Author: martin fierz
Date: 05:30:27 10/16/03
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On October 16, 2003 at 07:58:55, David Dory wrote: >On October 16, 2003 at 07:03:52, martin fierz wrote: > >>incidentally i also once ordered a book on checkers from him, and i never >>received it - although my credit card was duly charged for that book. i got a >>lot of excuses, but no book, and no money back. i know some other people who >>have a similar story to tell... >> >>cheers >> martin > >And thanks Martin, for passing the word on Axel S. One more guy to avoid doing >any business with. > >I don't mind the "expansion" of the truth regarding his program - salesmen do >that. But not being trustworthy with a customer is a huge red flag that makes me >wonder "who's going to buy anything from him?". > >Not I. > >Dave as gerd already pointed out, i was not talking about axel! i was talking about the author of the gothic vortex engine. just adding this myself to make things 100% clear... BTW, the gothic vortex is a coproduction of two authors, they also co-authored that checkers program. the other author (gil dodgen) is selling the checkers program, and i know of checkers players who bought that program and also received it. so i'm not raising a huge red flag here. perhaps a tiny one though :-) but based on what you call expansion of the truth. comparing a dedicated game program of any kind with the zillions of games engine (which is a generic 2-player-strategy game engine, which you as user can modify) is quite ridiculous. maybe common, but ridiculous. as an aside, i once read a scientific paper on neural network checkers where the NN program was compared (and it compared favorably) with a "commercial program" which turned out to be a program for kids, probably weak on purpose so that the kids wouldnt get frustrated... caveat emptor! cheers martin
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