Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 18:04:16 11/02/99
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On November 02, 1999 at 20:12:40, Amir Ban wrote: >On November 02, 1999 at 19:41:53, James B. Shearer wrote: > >>On November 02, 1999 at 19:00:49, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>Against this background, crafty's abusive behavior stands out. Bob doesn't care. >>>He will not put any effort in his program to improve its behavior. Several of >>>you posted suggestions on how to it can behave more reasonably, some of them >>>rather easy. They were all brushed aside by Bob as too much trouble/risky/not >>>worth it/etc. etc./ Spare your suggestions to someone that is genuinely >>>interested in them. >> >> This is not exactly accurate. Hyatt has put some effort into making >>his program pleasant for humans to play. For example it will resign and it will >>accept draws in certain dead drawn positions (such KR vrs KR) instead of playing >>on for fifty moves. This does cost it a few rating points. >> I gather Hyatt is less concerned about being polite to computers which >>I think is understandable. I don't understand why you are playing manually. >> James B. Shearer > >I play manually mainly because I enjoy it this way, and I get more out of it >this way, as any chess programmer will confirm to you. I have enough automated >matches going on at home. > >One or two people suggested that crafty should treat manual computers as it >treats human opponents. This is one of those helpful suggestions that did not >register. Crafty treats everyone on ICC the same - humans, manual computers, and automatic computers. How would you suggest that it automatically determine whether a computer is manual or automatic, anyway? The only difference is that those that know the password (mainly GM/IM players) can force it to draw, abort, adjourn, etc. Nothing too special there.
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