Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:50:46 11/02/97
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On November 02, 1997 at 17:56:47, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On November 02, 1997 at 03:10:17, Hristo wrote: > >>On November 01, 1997 at 17:20:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 01, 1997 at 15:04:45, Mark Young wrote: >>> >>>>Looking at the scores right now, it seem to be better to have the >>>>stonger chess program. Then the fastest hardware. >>> >>>Not sure what you mean, but Ferret has *both*. Anything can happen >>>in a tournament with this many good players, but come visit ICC and >>>watch Ferret play the commercial programs. It wins far more than it >>>loses. This includes many games from last year against Junior even. >>> >>> >>>So don't conclude that it can't play and only relies on speed. You'd >>>be *way* wrong. >> >>Robert, >>he is not "concluding" this. His statement seems perfectly accurate! >>It's difficult to understand why are you passing judgment so quickly. >>Hope you are not overreacting because "Crafty" is getting slapped around >>... >>it can happen even to the best! :))) >>Why do you think this happened to Crafty?! Is it possible that the other >>programs are very good also?! >> >>Regards. >>Hristo >==================================== > >One thing tongue in cheek, Hristo: > >Crafty *was* one of the best prgs in Paris --- hardware defined. >But unfortunately the chess knowledge was not yet sufficient for a real >Wch. > Not in my opinion. I never thought it was one of the "best" although I don't think it is that far behind anyone either. But I know what its weaknesses are and plan on addressing many of them. But I don't think it will ever do great at this event, because it is being tuned by playing against humans, not against other programs... there's a big difference... >This is not the moment to be sad. If you take all the time Mr. Hyatt had >to work for the Deep Blue team here on the net, then you will probably >be more careful with your smileys. I don't work for deep blue. I work for *me* and computer chess in general... > >For me Bob did a grat job in relation to near zero time spent on the >machine. That's the same as if you wanted to fight a real match against >me. Me the pro and you ---- :) > >But for the rest I agree with you. If you watch these sites carefully >for the next days you will see, correction, you will NOT see many of >those who wrote a lot of messages in the weeks before. In sciento this >is called tolerance of frustration, a spooky thing which does influence >all of us from time to time. > >Greetings > >R. Tueschen I don't know what that means, period...
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