Author: Gordon Rattray
Date: 09:05:35 11/30/01
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On November 30, 2001 at 11:29:06, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. > >:) To be honest, I didn't submit my initial post in order to learn more about analysing backwards... I was actually thinking "how can I give Robert Hyatt a hard time..." ;-) Only kidding, of course. This thread gave me a lot of insight and a lot to ponder over... thanks to all Gordon
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