Author: stuart taylor
Date: 20:20:54 08/26/00
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On August 26, 2000 at 23:13:08, Roger D Davis wrote: >On August 26, 2000 at 23:04:57, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On August 26, 2000 at 22:45:16, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On August 26, 2000 at 21:16:06, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>If only a massive rating list such as ssdf can clearly indicate the relative >>>>strengths of chess programs, so what is the point of championships of a few >>>>games? >>>> Perhaps these championships and computer tournaments should have a clear >>>>porpose and function other than sample exhibition, if people say the results in >>>>themselves, mean nothing. >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>Why do you guys insist that the championship have some sort of deeper >>>significance? It's not a math exercise, it is a competition. >>> >>>bruce >> >>That sounds quite profound! >>One of several differences between human and machine competition is that humans >>know when they are competing, and act accordingly. Then it much less a question >>of maths. With machines, the results are basically predetermined, it just has >>to be actualized. To be viewed. >>S.Taylor > >Of course, human programmers know that their programs are competing, and take >steps to optimize books and get fast machines, and so on. > >Roger Well!!!!!! Well that's not even good for ssdf! S.Taylor
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