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Subject: Re: your list is meaningless

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 08:47:03 06/19/04

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On June 19, 2004 at 11:41:04, Steve Glanzfeld wrote:

>They are PROGRAMMERS, and therefore not typical testsuite users. Programmers
>have other requirements. But there's a couple of chess program USERS out there
>too you know :))) not only the people who develope those programs.
>
>Btw. why my list below is more valid to show the acceptance of the WM test:
>Because these people actually DID SOMETHING for it, not only talk or write BLAH
>against it.
>
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?371210
>
>Doing something beats blah. :)

I can understand some users might have some irresistable desire to
assign "ratings" via "testsets", but that does not change the fact that
this procedure is meaningless, unreliable, and a waste of time.

--
GCP



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