Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:06:17 01/20/00
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On January 20, 2000 at 19:08:25, Chris Carson wrote: >On January 20, 2000 at 14:27:12, Joshua Lee wrote: > >>Do they prove cheating or not? > >They do not prove cheeting, however they raise some >questions. The logs I read from the comercial programs >leave not doubt about a game, the DB logs do. IMHO. > How so? Their output provides the same information that most programs provide... PVs, scores... times... etc... >The logs should easily prove not-cheating and they do not >prove that either. I do not believe at this time that >cheating occured, however, the DB team has not cleared itself >of a simple to prove issue. IMHO. I think that is _nonsense_. Logs can _not_ prove that they didn't cheat. Nor can they prove that they did. I'll be more than happy to set up a demo for you where _I_ make crafty play a move, and the logs will make it apparent that _it_ chose that move. Would take an hour of programming. You can not prove a negative. > >I do not think it will be resolved. I think IBM got a "free bee", >packed thier toy and went home. IBM has no incentive to say or do >anything else and will not. IMHO. :) > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson What else is there to say?
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