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Subject: Re: Comments of latest SSDF list - Nine basic questions

Author: Rolf Tueschen

Date: 16:22:27 05/31/02

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On May 31, 2002 at 19:01:53, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Since people are so often confused about it, it seems a good idea to write a
>FAQ.
>Rolf's questions could be added, and a search through the CCC archives could
>find some more.
>
>Certainly the games against the old opponents is always a puzzle to newcomers
>who do not understand why calibration against an opponent of precisely known
>strength is of great value.


No pun intended, but excuse me, you can't mean it this way! Are we caught in a
new circle? How can the older program be precisely known in its strength?
Of course it it isn't! Because it had the same status the new ones have today...

And the all the answers from Bertil follow that same fallacious line. It's a
pity!

Also, what is calibration in SSDF? Comparing the new unknown with the old
unknown? No pun inded.

Before making such a FAQ let's please find some practical solutions for SSDF.

Rolf Tueschen



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