Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 16:35:15 06/26/01
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On June 26, 2001 at 18:57:44, Slater Wold wrote: >Dear Chris, > >A week ago, I wouldn't have been able to to contribute anything or say anything. > However, I think I can say one or two things now, having some light shined on >me a while back, by the Usual Assholes. :) > >People WILL blast you here. They will blast you for stupid things. Recently, I >wanted to know which computer program to use against a couple of GM's I will be >playing soon. I thought about it, and came to the conclusion, "I will just play >them all against each other, whoever wins is what I'll use." And never thought >another thing of it. I posted it here, and not a SINGLE person posted anything >"delighful" about it. They all blasted me, telling me that I was a moron for >trying to pick the best canidate to play a human, in a C vs C tourney! > >I was kind of upset, because I for one know that C vs C is NOTHING like H vs C. >And I was not trying to claim that "Program X" would be the best against humans. > I was simply trying to get a basis on picking one of them. No one got this >point, and probably still don't. Oh well. > Hi! Not exactly true, if I remember correct Uri got the point. He and a few others understood that if you take a pool of good computer programs (vs computers) vs bad computer programs that it is very likely that this pool (or a program from the pool) performs better vs humans. Some people even understand that a pool of GMs in general performs better then a pool of IMs against computers. Bertil > >Slater Wold
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