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Subject: Re: Are we to simply take their word for it?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:30:08 08/24/02

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On August 24, 2002 at 23:49:42, Keith Ian Price wrote:

>On August 24, 2002 at 20:21:21, Rolf Tueschen wrote:
>
>>I don't want to comment on the other claims you made. Elsewhere I made the
>>necessary explanation of what was wrong and what not.
>>
>>But this here is unfair to Bob Hyatt. What he posted into RGCC in 1997 was as he
>>said especially allowed by Hsu. Otherwise Bob wouldn't have posted it.
>>The "furor" was on RGCC, not on CCC. And I think you remember that now.
>>
>>Rolf Tueschen
>
>Actually, since I read both places back then, I couldn't remember if it was one
>or the other or both. And, as I said, I don't remember what exactly he said, but
>he regretted it was posted. I did not say that he blamed Bob for it. My point
>with this was that Hsu was not originally intending to make any boasts about it,
>but it was Bob that requested it be posted.
>
>kp


I don't remember the details very clearly since (to me) it was not very
important.  But it happened in the middle of one of those "Deep Blue is
not as strong as the best commercial program" discussions.  That was _the_
reason I thought it important to post the result, because it was the perfect
answer to those claims at the time...



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