Author: David Dory
Date: 21:45:35 07/25/02
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On July 25, 2002 at 19:38:19, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On July 25, 2002 at 05:35:01, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On July 24, 2002 at 17:40:08, Bas Hamstra wrote: >> >>>It plays at CCC and has a standard rating over 2700, claiming to play at a >>>1.4Mhz Intel processor. That's higher than some Tigers and Fritzes on MUCH >>>faster hardware! Tao has lost all games it played without chance from the >>>beginning. WHAT is it??? >> >>I believe we've had this one before. IMHO it's just a hoax (different program >>and hardware than what the notes say). >> >>-- >>GCP > >I have a problem with your spceculation. It is not based on any real evidence >and it is just possible that it is wrong. If so, then you have smeared the >operators name unjustly. > >It such cases, it is better to just stay mum and not invent rumors. Then if you >are wrong, you have avoided commiting an injustice. If you are right time will >sort it out as such or it will disappear of its own accord. > >You will win no prize for guessing right, so why guess? The "prize" is we get to have some fun, and surely the ruffian operator knows that claiming to be running on a 1.47Mhz CPU will invite lots of such speculation. I don't see such speculation as "smearing", obviously ruffian is just having a bit o' fun with us - 1.47Mhz, indeed! David
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