Author: Lance Perkins
Date: 19:07:08 08/22/04
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WBEC Division 1? Thinker is not playing in WBEC at the moment. You probably are mistaking mine for that one that is currently playing at the top of that division, but is evidently a copy of something that is currently in the Premier division. Believe it or not, the secret of Thinker is really the print log function. What makes it special is that it returns a value of 800. But all the callers check for the return value of 700. Its one killer code. That's 100 Elo right there. Seriously, congratulations to the solid performance of Djinn in the recently concluded Division 3 of WBEC. On August 22, 2004 at 21:35:08, Tom Likens wrote: >On August 22, 2004 at 21:21:06, Lance Perkins wrote: > >>I heard that whatever evidence you present does not count. We need to contact >>the author. Only the source code from him and his confession can tell us whether >>its a clone or not. Your reverse engineering does not count. >> >>Is it only _parts_ of the Arasan 7.4 code that was cloned by 8.0? I heard that >>does not count either. It has to be 100%. Your big chunk 50% claim is >>irrelevant. I suggest you wait for Bob. After you hear from Bob, it still won't >>count. It has to be 100%. >> >>Are you trying to discredit Jon? >> >>Hehe. I'm only humoring too... Chill out. You started this. > >Hey Lance, > >Actually, I enjoyed your post tremendously!! Without a sense of humor, >how dull all this would be. And by the way, good luck as well in >division 1 of WBEC. I still suspect the secret of Thinker is *not* >the print log function, but I could be wrong. ;-) > >best, >--tom > >> >>On August 22, 2004 at 19:23:17, Tom Likens wrote: >> >>>On August 22, 2004 at 18:03:13, Jon Dart wrote: >>> >>>>On August 22, 2004 at 17:54:27, Tom Likens wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>Any idea how much stronger version 8.0 is compared to the previous >>>>>version? >>>> >>>>I think it's better but I haven't run any large cross-version test >>>>matches. >>>> >>>>This version beats Phalanx pretty regularly now, which past versions >>>>have had difficulty doing. >>>> >>>>--Jno >>> >>>Thanks Jon, >>> >>>Unfortunately, I've just compared the code between Arasan 8.0 and your >>>previous version and I can only conclude that Arasan 8.0 is a clone of >>>Arasan 7.4!! Of course, I can supply any evidence you require! :-) ;-) >>> >>>Sorry, sorry- I just couldn't resist, sometimes my warped sense of humor >>>simply overwhelms my better judgement, (frankly, my wife believes I am >>>beyond hope, but that is another thread altogether). >>> >>>best regards, >>>--tom >>> >>>P.S. And good luck in WBEC 2nd division.
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