Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 23:13:47 09/21/02
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On September 21, 2002 at 14:58:11, Chessfun wrote: >On September 21, 2002 at 10:59:04, Daniel Clausen wrote: > >>On September 21, 2002 at 10:30:10, Peter Skinner wrote: >> >>[snip] >> >>>I have a sinking feeling here that I am _not_ going to be the one that is >>>going to look foolish. >> >>Being sceptic about something because one doesn't have enough information and >>later see the proof it _is_ a new engine doesn't make you look foolish. (that's >>how science works by the way) Pretending to know something for sure (like that >>someone's cheating) without evidence and later be proven wrong does. >> >>Bob won't look foolish, however the Ruffian story turns out. You on the other >>hand might. > > >You're right Dr. Hyatt won't look foolish regardless how it turns out. I'm also >not so sure Peter will, he wrote what I believe many think and have implied. He >though had more courage then many by stating it exactly. > >Sarah. Thanks Sarah, I believe that is true. I wrote what surely others are thinking. I do not beat around the bush as they say. This is how I see it: A) We know _nothing_ about the author of this program. And I mean nothing. B) It's results are _to good_ for it to be a _new_ program. C) No previous results have ever been made public. Surely if the author was even scoring 50% against any commercial product we would have heard about it sooner. Currently it is scoring well above that. D) Trying to get information is like pulling teeth. No one can readily get information other than results. E) The author has not come forward to explain anything. Anyone that gets accused here of anything almost immediately comes forward to clear the air. This has not happened. Personally I don't think it will. There is simply to much doubt for me to believe that this is a _new_ program. Nor do I believe it is an original program. Possibly someone from this board can answer a few questions for me: 1) What is the book format? 2) How are the engine parameters set? Are they in an ini file? 3) When executing the file, what does it say in the DOS window? 4) What was the earliest date that Ruffian had any public results? I think those should be simple to answer. Hopefully someone can post answers.
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