Author: Bas Hamstra
Date: 16:51:05 01/16/02
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On January 15, 2002 at 16:20:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 15, 2002 at 14:00:06, David Rasmussen wrote: > >>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 > > >It apparently comes from some sort of past interaction with this person. We >hardly know all the details. Vincent has sent me a long email with some >background information, so I could see things from his perspective. Whether >his perspective is right or wrong in this case is another matter. But he was >at least right to "ask", something others failed to do in past events, which >led to a lot of acrimony... It is interesting you mention the perspective of Vincent. I have the feeling it causes more problems than clones will in 100 years. He has been right once? How many times has he been *wrong*? Bas.
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