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Subject: Re: Odyssey2001-tournament: round 10 over, pairings round 11, games

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 05:52:59 12/09/01

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On December 09, 2001 at 04:29:10, Thorsten Czub wrote:

>no evidence of improvement YOU would be able to measure with your prejudices.

I don't have any prejudices. That's the advantage of fact over opinion.

>why not. if he didn't know himself, he continues programming.
>i know a few programmers who are unable to find out about the strength of their
>versions. the normal procedure they do is let version x run against x+1.
>this way of course you cannot measure the progress between 2 versions.

Well, it's a fair assumption that no less than two new versions within a short
timespan indicate some sort of dissatisfaction. And it's a certainty that you're
unable to evaluate strength by your methods. So a crystal ball would be more
effective.

>nobody can help you. you are far from this stage. a blind prophet in a desert,
>waiting for the rain to come.

Amateur attempts at proverbs don't change the facts. And for your information, a
prophet isn't dependant on 20/20 vision ;-).

Regards,
Mogens



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