Author: Amir Ban
Date: 10:53:31 10/14/97
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On October 14, 1997 at 12:11:42, Bruce Moreland wrote: >There isn't anyone who is going to convince me to modify my time control >aparatus (yeech) two weeks before my flight. It worked in Hong Kong, it >worked in Paderborn, it worked in Jakarta, and it worked in Holland, I'm >not going to break it for Paris. > >If someone wants to change the rules regarding time control, in such a >way that people have to change their program, this should be specified >at the time applications are accepted. > >Two weeks before the tournament is too soon to expect people to change >their program. > >People have had a very long time to do the PGN stuff, and also, it's not >like spitting a PGN file out at the end of the game is going to affect >the game while it is in progress. > >I plan to set my program up to do 30 in 55 and 40 in 55 (I assume this >is the time control again). I will probably not even display the clock >on the screen. I won't change the time on the clock unless something >very strange happens. > >bruce Calm down Bruce. Nobody asked you to change the program. The plan is to make fudging by operator: a) Unnecessary b) Illegal If anyone insists on fudging, they can do it in their program, although I can't think of any reason for them to do that. That is, except one: Their program is liable to overstep the time-limit even when it is updated. In this case, I will take the view that operator fudging is illegal activity designed to do what the program cannot. On your super Alpha, I am proposing to give you a chance at about 150,000,000,000 more machine cycles :) Amir
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