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Subject: Re: SSDF rating list

Author: Don Prohaska

Date: 08:25:35 06/12/98

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You are right! But it gives lots of  people something to do. And  others
something to complain about. And a lesson about volunteering.

On June 12, 1998 at 10:55:32, Graham Laight wrote:

>Looks like it's the end of the line for the SSDF list.
>
>It was due to update in early April. It's now mid June, and it still
>hasn't updated.
>
>Anyway, the autotester methgodology entails the computers playing
>thousands of games that no human will ever see.
>
>Human chess players don't play thousands of games between 2 players,
>just to make sure the result is exactly right.
>
>In sport, the winner is the person who wins on the day. Who produces a
>little extra magic when it is needed.
>
>The autotester methodology is taking the game too far away from human
>experience for it to be worth doing in the context of providing sport or
>entertainment for mankind.
>
>I challenge anyone to tell me why autotesting is a good thing to do!
>
>Having said that, I eagerly await the next SSDF list. :-)



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