Author: John Dahlem
Date: 17:07:15 03/19/01
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On March 19, 2001 at 17:37:44, Lin Harper wrote: > Been on ICC for three years now. These computer cheats have the > idea that they will become strong by watching the software 'master' > show them the way against strong humans, ie, they are using the > chess playing program as a training aid. Do you actually believe that?? They don't do it to learn at all. They do it to feel like a god, to get others to talk about their greatness. The "I do it to learn" thing is pure bullshit. But it won't work. Learning > chess is an exercise in understanding, and the best way to learn is > the good old well chosen book and manual chess set. > I notice on ICC, some people, low rated like myself, are quite > strong for their rating, but I don't suspect them of cheating. Rather > they are, like me, victims of cheats. Their rating is stunted, just > as I believe mine is, by playing cheats. > The cheats will be around for as long as we can't see them. In > the years ahead some of us will only play people we can see. > I believe ICC can tell if someone is task switching, but of course the >cheats can get around that by using a cheap second computer.
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