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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