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Subject: Re: A mathematician's go on this (even sneakier)

Author: Paul

Date: 13:45:03 04/19/01

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On April 19, 2001 at 16:37:19, James Swafford wrote:

>On April 19, 2001 at 15:02:39, Shep wrote:
>
>>Of course 2) is the sneakier part because Kramnik will never suspect the program
>>could alter its evaluation on a certain day.
>>
>>---
>>Shep
>
>All these "modify with time" ideas get blown out of the water with
>a simple "date" command.  Of course, he would have to suspect it
>first.
>
>--
>James

That's what I already said in:
 http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?164663

But if he knows, we can always do the reverse: let the program play at it's
worst during the match, and at its best during practice days ... then if he
changes the date of his computer, well ... errmm :)

Paul



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