Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 16:44:57 07/06/04
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On July 06, 2004 at 19:26:15, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On July 06, 2004 at 19:17:22, Dan Honeycutt wrote: > >>On July 06, 2004 at 18:51:03, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >> >>>On July 06, 2004 at 18:46:10, James T. Walker wrote: >>> >>>>On July 06, 2004 at 18:43:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 06, 2004 at 18:36:43, James T. Walker wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On July 06, 2004 at 18:15:53, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On July 06, 2004 at 18:06:06, Amir Ban wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On July 06, 2004 at 17:41:05, Dieter Buerssner wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Amir, congratulations for the nice game! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>I have not seen any info about the hardware beeing used by Junior at the current >>>>>>>>>WCCC. Please tell it to the observers! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>With best regards, >>>>>>>>>Dieter >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>It's an HP Proliant server. This is all HP is allowing me to say :( >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>Amir >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>And this is allowed in accordance with the ICGA rules?? - Mhhhh. Strange. >>>>>> >>>>>>Why not? Since there is no limit on hardware someone could show up with the >>>>>>worlds fastest computer and it makes no difference. I would be interested in >>>>>>the NPS Junior is hitting. While analyzing the game Diep-Junior I saw Junior 8 >>>>>>hit over 1.6M nps on my XP2400. Bob says he is hitting 8M minimum! >>>>>>Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>So it would be possible that I am connected with the strongest computer in >>>>>Japan, the second strongest was just bought by the university of >>>>>BadenWürtemberg, and my fictive Rorybest is completely ok within the rules??? >>>>>Fine! Thanks. >>>> >>>>If you can write a chess program to take advantage of it's speed I would surely >>>>love to see it play chess. >>> >>>Ok, thanks, although I don't know exactly what this means or what it takes, at >>>least I can understand that there is no automatical stronger output. Anyway it'a >>>also a gambler motif I can see here. It's the typical trick we can expect, when >>>Amir begins to play out his different personality joker in the last rounds - >>>then you can no longer "prepare" or hope that your counter-tuning has success. >>>Ok, all from a lay's heart. :) >> >> >>So? More power to Amir. >>Dan H. > >I didn't expect that I had to explain what fair play means in sports. It's that >at least you know in advance what opponents you have. Or if one is a spider or a >flying eagle. I mean, I must know how I must tune my own baby. If I have a >chance to equalize the hardware or if I'm so far backwards that it could be >better to remain in my observer's hut. > >Or the other way round: what can I win if I win on the base of my unknown >hardware advantages? Or the claim of a possible advantage...? Even in boxing >super heavy weight, where you can have a weight you prefer, everybody can see >your body as soon as you appear in the ring. > >No, I don't buy that this here is fair. Also, that HP forbids to say must be a >joke, because a company wants PR. No need to hurl insults Rolf. We simply have difference of opinion - you seem to think Amir's tactics are unsportsman like, I think he should do whatever he can, within the rules, to increase his program's chances. Dan H.
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