Author: Mark Young
Date: 15:06:40 09/09/99
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On September 09, 1999 at 13:57:54, Dann Corbit wrote: >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] Untill the version is sold I will not assume it is as strong or stronger then Hiarcs 7.32, Fritz 5.32, or Chessmaster 6000.
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