Author: Günther Simon
Date: 10:39:55 12/05/05
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On December 05, 2005 at 13:05:00, Fernando Villegas wrote: >When Ribka author came here to ask for beta tester, lot of voices suggested this >guy was posting a troll because he said Ribka had defeated a big commercial >name. Fernando, you create a myth out of nothing ;) Just a few people replied in that first thread. Vas himself inserted 2 smilies before the 'supposed' engine strength and he also posted no results. One said he was joking and one said he was 'trolling', but that 'trolling' also was ironically and written inside asterisks *trolling* :) Actually nothing happened and no one was hurt. Anyway, sometimes a narcistic myth at least helps vs. boring winter nights. (It is Rybka BTW) http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?465686 Regards, Guenther >I simply followed my rule of giving trust to anything and to anyone if it >has NOT been demostrated that the guy deserves suspicion and so I asked the >engine and became probably the first guy here that experienced the uncredible >strenght and novelty of this engine. And I posted about that. Now that is >history. Ribka is the new kid in the neighborhood. Everybody want to have it. >Even me, a chess nobody, received several email asking the engine. >So, what a lesson can you get from this? >First, be confident of what is said to you instead of putting at once a pseudo >foxy face of distrust that poison everything. >Second, if you are deceived, it is not your problem. You always can be deceived. >It is not a test of intelligence. >Third, always expect the unexpected. >Fourth; those betting that knowledge is the last word of chess programming will >be proved right, I guess. Thorsten deserves to be recognized for that. > >Narcisistic for Once in a While Regards >fernando
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