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Subject: Re: Poll question.

Author: Mark Young

Date: 21:35:01 09/08/99

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On September 08, 1999 at 20:24:58, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On September 08, 1999 at 19:38:01, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>[snip]
>>You are right. If a GM has a heart attack and is taken to hospital the match
>>would be a loss to him. Or a draw depending on how kind the other player is.
>>
>>Rebel just had a heart attack. If it is not up to playing with the big boys then
>>the offer should not have been made.
>>
>>I my opinion you either win, lose or draw. And stuff any outside happenings.
>>
>>It was a loss to Rebel for whatever reason. Which makes me sad cause I like the
>>program and want it to do well.
>
>I think what Ed is doing is sure to strengthen his program in a mighty way in
>the long run.  Besides which, he is providing real data to the threadbare
>question "How strong are computers compared to humans at tournament time
>controls?"

This is not what Ed is doing. He is answering the question "How strong is Rebel
compared to GM humans at tourament time controls." We don't even know how strong
this version of Rebel is compared to other programs. This is a huge leap of
logic to make such a statment.

>
>In any event, those (Rebel/GM) matches are more interesting to me than the
>recent knockout WC at Las Vegas.  I am glad that at least one program vendor had
>the moxie to give it a go.



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