Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 00:33:28 07/26/02
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On July 26, 2002 at 00:45:35, David Dory wrote:
>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
Fun is fine if you are right, but it is not so fun when you are wrong. At least
get _some_ of the facts staight:
Information about ruffian(C) (Last disconnected Tue Jul 23 2002 11:49):
rating [need] win loss draw total best
Wild 2126 [6] 2 2 0 4
Bullet 2666 214 68 56 338 2943 (22-Jan-2002)
Blitz 2893 2192 754 624 3570 3097 (02-May-2002)
Standard 2723 337 110 106 553 2723 (23-Jul-2002)
1: Ruffian 0.7.6
2: Hardware: Athlon 1.4Ghz
3: Operator: perola
As you can see, it is _not_ an Intel CPU, but rather an Athlon. There is
_nothing_ unusual here. It is about 300 rating points weaker than a commercial
program running on the same hardware.
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