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Subject: Re: Will Tiger or Rebel play?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 11:32:12 09/06/00

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On September 06, 2000 at 14:03:57, Ed Schröder wrote:

>On September 06, 2000 at 13:54:59, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On September 06, 2000 at 04:12:01, Ed Schröder wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>To make Internet tournaments trustworthy you need rules.
>>>
>>>Ed
>>
>>
>>OK.  we have a rule.  You can't cheat.
>>
>>How does that fix anything?  The rules aren't the problem.  The problem is
>>that the rules are unenforcable.  Even if we are all gathered in the same
>>room.  The only way to prevent cheating there is for me to operate _your_
>>program and you to operate mine.  And even that is not a guarantee that I
>>don't have some sort of IR or RF access to my machine that you can't detect,
>>to tell it when to move now or search longer...
>>
>>If a rule can't be enforced, it isn't much use...
>>
>>So it becomes a matter of trusting your opponent and having a good time...
>
>In theory you are right. Let's see how it will work in practice. Let's
>for example count the commercial entries :)
>
>Ed


In the ICCT?  Last time Alex operated Nimzo.  We had a shredder.  No Rebel or
Tiger.  I don't remember about fritz.  Junior was there.  If I wanted to cheat,
I could do so at the next ICCT or at the next WMCCC.  No way to stop it.



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