Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 08:29:06 11/30/01
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On November 30, 2001 at 04:31:08, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On November 29, 2001 at 00:19:50, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 28, 2001 at 18:48:39, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On November 28, 2001 at 13:47:11, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 28, 2001 at 03:38:59, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 27, 2001 at 12:25:01, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Deep mistakes are _common_ from a computer's perspective. You might think >>>>>>they are "tactically supreme" but there are _lots_ of endgame positions where >>>>>>they are clueless. And any time you reach such a position, where either it is >>>>>>(commonly) a long-range kingside attack (or less commonly) a deep endgame >>>>>>tactic, you get random reports. >>>>>> >>>>>>I simply personlly don't like anything "random" when somebody/something is >>>>>>supposed to be telling me where I went wrong. >>>>> >>>>>Well, without any more information than your gut feelings, I will continue to >>>>>believe that the depth of mistakes is evenly distributed. >>>>> >>>>>-Tom >>>> >>>> >>>>I believe that is what _I_ said. Some are one move beyond the search >>>>horizon, some are 20+ moves beyond. Isn't that "distributed". And the >>> >>>Distribution between ~13 and infinity is not "even." Duh. >>> >>>-Tom >> >> >>Duh always strengthens your argument? think about this. Evenly distributed >>between 1 and 20 means what? an average of 2? Or an average of _ten_. >> >>duh... indeed... >> >>But the duh is on the "other foot"... >> >>And that is being gracious, because as I said, the purpose of back-to-front >>is not to find problems one or two moves sooner, but much more than that. >>So maybe 5 to 20 is a better sample, with 20 being a rather low upper bound. > >I just love a good pissing contest. Whenver I see Bob/Tom/Bob/Tom I know that a >trivial detail is being ground into powder. > >bruce Hard to prevent. :) Remember that I had several bouts with kidney stones over the past 10 years? My doc has me on medication, + drinking a _lot_ of water daily as well. Which leads to what you mentioned. :)
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