Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 11:00:06 01/15/02
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On January 15, 2002 at 12:06:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >Just remember that Vincent's behavior is based on a lot of _past_ >_experience_. He has competed in events where there were "crafty >clones". Bionic Impakt was one example. Others include voyager, >le petite and others. He is naturally suspicious of a new program >where the author is unknown and has not been asking lots of questions >here and in usenet newsgroups or on chess servers. > >It turns out that while he might be wrong in this case, he has been >right in several in the past. That tends to color your thinking a bit >in such cases... The problem is not that he's suspicious. The problem is that he is arrogant and insulting. He could have just said: "Let's keep our eyes open for the possibility that this program is a clone etc.". Instead he comes with wild unsupported accusations. He might be right, but he certainly doesn't prove it here. /David
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