Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:59:14 05/02/01
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On May 02, 2001 at 22:43:55, John Dahlem wrote: >On May 02, 2001 at 22:05:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On May 02, 2001 at 18:39:24, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>Hi Bob: >>>Probably I missed this, but: it is clearly in the contract that the Fritz K. >>>will play must be the very same as the one that played DJ? There will be an >>>engine frozen in a safety box in a bank or in the Pentagon to make sure that >>>condition? It is not possible that Morsch can add some things and substract >>>other, forbidden or not? By example, to add a match algorythm to accept or not >>>draw offers according the history of the match? There will be, if such rule of >>>"no changes in the engine" exist, a way to to examine the source code? And if >>>not rule of that sort, how we can know for certain the degree of improvements >>>Morsch can invent in three long months? >>>Regards >>>Fernando >> >> >>I don't know. IE prior to the finish of the 'qualifier' I don't see how rules >>could have been agreed to since no one knew which program would win. But if the >>rules say the same version must play Kramnik that played DJ, then I would >>personally say "shove it" and do something else if I were the programmer(s). > > >As I understand it the rules currently state that the program has to be done by >July and then shipped to Kramnik, and no changes be made after that. Wouldn't matter to me. I would refuse _any_ such requirement. If he wanted to download available versions of my program, fine. But I would not let him see what he would be playing... any more than he would show me _his_ preparations for the match either... This makes little sense...
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