Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:46:19 09/28/99
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On September 28, 1999 at 14:03:02, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >On September 28, 1999 at 09:19:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 28, 1999 at 09:10:41, Steven Schwartz wrote: >> >>>I glanced over at the current poll (SSDF/Chessbase) this >>>morning to find that, so far, it is 55 to 1 (with 16 abstentions) >>>in favor of no improper Chessbase influence over SSDF decisions >>>and testing. >>> >>>Considering the serious allegations posted by one of the >>>members, that is a pretty firm vote of confidence for the SSDF. >>> >>>My only puzzlement is why 16 abstentions? Last year we had a >>>poll about some Fritz results on the SSDF, and there was also >>>a high percentage of abstentions. What is it about SSDF questions >>>that causes a high percentage of abstentions? >>>- Steve (ICD/Your Move) >>>P.S. If you have not yet voted, please do so by clicking on >>>the "Computer Chess Resource Center" link at the top or bottom >>>of this page. >> >> >>I can answer for one of those. I simply don't have any trustworthy data. >>I refuse to condemn ChessBase (nor would I clear them either) without some >>firm data. I have heard things about them that I don't like (IE the rumor >>that they prevented everyone from having access to a quad xeon machine at >>the WCCC this year) but rumors aren't enough make me want to condemn them >>outright... >> > > How could they do that? I thougth that every program was running on whatever >hardware its team could get for the competition. > >>that was my reason for abstaining... I would rather wait until I see something >>concrete... Generally the machines are provided. If you want something faster than what is supplied, you are free to get anything you want. But if everyone _could_ have had a quad xeon (even if they weren't parallel) it should have happened. The xeon is a better processor than the basic PII/PIII, and the quads have better memory bandwidth/latency due to the 4-way interleaving they do... so they would have helped everyone that used a machine supplied by the tournament...
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