Author: Mike S.
Date: 06:12:51 09/26/02
I'd like to bring to you a translation of what I found to be one of the funniest computerchess postings ever. The main part is (c) by CCC member Volker Pittlik (thx Volker!) and appeared on the CSS message board today; I did some additions at the end of the list. -------------------------------- Universal Disagreement Checklist -------------------------------- (please check your counterarguments) Your results are invalid, because: [ ] the engines you used are unsuitable for that purpose [ ] you didn't play enough games [ ] the time control was too short [ ] the hash size was set too small [ ] the hash size was set too large [ ] other settings were wrong [ ] learning was off [ ] learning was on [ ] you didn't use tablebases [ ] you used only 4-piece tablebases [ ] you included 5-piece tbs., but in the same directory [ ] you included 6-piece tbs.: not every engine can use them [ ] it wasn't equal hardware [ ] you switched hardware, but in the wrong moment [ ] it was full moon [ ] you didn't care for good karma [ ] you didn't memorize all my 60 memorable postings [ ] you didn't watch the game live, to check for errors [ ] you watches the games live, thus influencing the results [ ] your results are pure coincidence [ ] your hardware is outdated [ ] your hardware is all new, so it's not clear that it's working properly [ ] your CPU type is bad for one of the engines [ ] your RAM type is a disadvantage for no. 3 [ ] your cat/dog/wife accessed your computer while you wasn't there [ ] I simply don't like your results and therefore I think the opposite it true [ ] you didn't use the engine-specific opening books as it's recommended [ ] you used the engine-specific books, which leads to completely distorted results [ ] you used the *** set of opening positions, which favour *** as we all know [ ] of course you should have used a neutral set of opening positions [ ] matches with less than 1 gigabyte hash just aren't state-of-the-art anymore [ ] it's inacceptable that the bios settings are not documented [ ] you removed/did not remove/didn't even search for doubles [ ] you used the autoplayer connection, which is unreliable [ ] you used only one pc, which can't provide reliable results [ ] Windows *** always makes trouble, better is Windows *** [ ] your testing approach does not meet scientific standards [ ] your testing approach is much too sophisticated compared to normal practise [ ] your testing approach is perfect, but for shuffle chess only [ ] nobody has ever done it like this [ ] this has already been done long before ***) may be chosen be individual taste -------------------------------- :o)) Regards, M.Scheidl
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