Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:57:11 12/15/98
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On December 15, 1998 at 19:01:28, Heiko Mikala wrote: >Hi Dann! > >On December 15, 1998 at 18:11:11, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On December 15, 1998 at 10:49:36, Tony Hedlund wrote: >>> >>>MCP8 P200MMX 64 - Comet32 P90 16 20-0. >>> >>I do hope they are going to reverse the hardware and do it again. > >I don't understand, why some people have problems with this sort >of a match. Actually, I don't. But a two-way experiment would be much more interesting to me. >Just don't read it as "MCP8 played on stronger hardware against Comet32 >on much weaker hardware which is unfair!" but instead read it as "MCP8, >expected rating about 2500+ played against a player rated 2202." Just like >in real life. The reason people say it is unfair is, well, see the title of this thread. It does not say "MCP8 on powerful machine dusts Comet32 on a wimpy piece of junk." Since the experiments are often described poorly, upon realizing that the experiment was not what you expected people cry foul. I don't really have a problem with the match, but I think it would be much more interesting with role reversal so we could see how much of the effect was hardware and how much was program. That's all. I don't think it is an evil plot or anything. It is more difficult to understand the meaning of the result when there are several variables involved instead of just a single one. By reversing the machines and running the programs again we can find out. Thanks for the instructions on the timing. [snip]
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