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Subject: Re: I can't understand....

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:22:10 11/18/00

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On November 18, 2000 at 13:32:15, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote:

>On November 18, 2000 at 12:57:24, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On November 18, 2000 at 12:12:05, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote:
>><snipped>
>>>I'll tell you why _I_ did not get excited:
>>>
>>>1. That computers are crushing players of this strength at this time control
>>>is no longer news, and I don't find it at all interesting _anymore_.
>>>(You can watch this every day in ICC.)
>>
>>The players in ICC do not get prizes for their results so the situation is
>>different because they care less about the result.
>>
>>They may play an opening against programs because they want to prepare for
>>human-human games.
>>
>>We need the events when the humans get prizes in order to know the real strength
>>of human against computer at this time control.
>>
>><snipped>
>>>d. Did you hear? Did EVERYBODY hear? There are now several GUI's in which
>>>one can play engine-engine matches WITHOUT that old OUTRAGEOUS
>>>HASHTABLE-CLEARING after every move.
>>
>>I do not see the hash tables clear with Crafty under chessbase and I do not care
>>about old programs like hiarcs6.
>>
>><snipped>
>> I'm not a tester. I'm just enjoying
>>>proclaiming this LOUDLY. (There were some hot threads about this a year
>>>or two ago. I've been away...)
>>
>>What is your enjoyment from proclaiming loudly things that are not relevant
>>today.
>>
>>Uri
>
>1. Everyone thinking about Fritz 5.32 or Fritz 6(?) should know about it.
>It IS relevant. Furthermore, I think _I_ should have known about it before I
>bought it. ((This is not a big deal: Fritz 5.32 was a fine product.))

I think that it is not relevant for 99% of the customers who do not use weak
engines under Fritz5.32 or another engine.

Uri



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