Author: Slater Wold
Date: 16:43:13 06/26/01
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On June 26, 2001 at 19:35:15, Bertil Eklund wrote: >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 You're right. I apolgize. Just proves the bad stuff is easier to remember than the good. It's hard to prove ANYTHING in chess. Especially computer chess. If Deep Fritz beat Chess Tiger 75 times out of a 100 game match, there would still be people who would say Chess Tiger was better, and 100 games is not enough. I dunno. I just try to keep out of these kinds of debates. Slate
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