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Subject: Re: Smilin Smirin is too weak to beat these programs.

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 20:53:23 04/21/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 19:35:53, Chris Carson wrote:

>On April 21, 2002 at 19:17:44, Otello Gnaramori wrote:
>
>>On April 21, 2002 at 18:39:16, Chris Carson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>There are many possible factors that can make a difference for human
>>>performance.  Stress (time pressure) can improve performance in some humans and
>>>reduce performance in others.  Concentration periods are maximized at different
>>>intervals for diffenent individuals.  There is a large body of research on
>>>"performance" both mental and physical in the health literature.
>>>
>>
>>I would add that longer time controls have the collateral effect of the human
>>mental fatigue...that doesn't affect the computer's performance of course.
>>
>>w.b.r.
>>Otello
>
>I agree.  :)

LOL! Yes it can but mostly and from experience the longer T/C favours the human.

It does me that's for sure, 99% of the time!:)



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