Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:57:54 09/09/99
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On September 09, 1999 at 00:35:01, Mark Young wrote: [snip] >>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. Yes, but that is easily resolved by testing. You can find the answer for yourself by just buying a copy of Rebel and running your own tournaments. There will be some inaccuracy in the calibration because we don't know the *exact* formula for translation from a machine of one speed to a machine of different MHz, but it is still a heck of a lot better than guessing. [snip]
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