Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:33:36 01/16/02
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On January 16, 2002 at 19:51:05, Bas Hamstra wrote: >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. I don't know. But he was right about Bionic in a Dutch championship a few years ago. Once is enough...
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