Author: Mogens Larsen
Date: 10:25:36 01/27/04
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On January 27, 2004 at 11:10:37, Sune Fischer wrote: >Who ever needed a legitimate reason for asking questions? >If you don't like questions, maybe that's because you have something to hide? >:) We all have something to hide :-). It was a championship, not a quiz, after all. Inquiry demands more than reluctant coorperation. I sincerely disbelieve that the commercial participants would have been more forthcoming. My suggestion would be to have an independent jury check all contestants at the start. The other method seems somewhat haphazard. Unless there are clear rules that I'm not aware of which is more than likely. >But for the record: nobody ever said it _was_ a clone, the disqualifaction was a >direct result of zero cooperation. I know. >Well, I find it a bit strange that a programmer who has spent hundreds of hours >on a program won't spend a few hours to answer some simple questions that could >resolve this matter once and for all. The programmer wasn't there, so a few hours wasn't a likely scenario. >I don't think this is one of those things that go away if you just ignore it. >Once the cat is out of the bag you have to deal with it. Cloning an engine is liking doping in sports, only the stupid get caught. Participating with an engine, where several versions have been freely available without raising suspicion, that one knows is nothing more than a rip off, is unbelievably stupid. But anything is possible. Regards, Mogens
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