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Subject: Re: For programmers that their program is at least close to crafty level

Author: John Lowe

Date: 08:11:51 12/22/02

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On December 22, 2002 at 09:31:27, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On December 22, 2002 at 03:50:10, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>
>>On December 22, 2002 at 02:08:23, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On December 21, 2002 at 20:37:24, Johan Hutting wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 21, 2002 at 12:49:34, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Hi Uri,
>>>>
>>>>>I believe that I have ideas that can help your program to get to commercial
>>>>>level or better than it in the next year.
>>>>
>>>>That's nice, however.. having a good idea or several good ideas and implementing
>>>>them are two different things. Why not implement them in Movei to show how well
>>>>they work? In that case you'll at least get more positive replies.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I know that there are a lot of programmers near crafty level that do not earn
>>>>>money from their chess program so I believe that they cannot lose money from an
>>>>>agreement that gives part of the money that they will earn from chess programs
>>>>>to me because without me they are not going to earn money from their chess
>>>>>program.
>>>>
>>>>Somehow this part seems quite insulting to other programmers...
>>>
>>>If it is insulting for programmers  who are not near crafty level that
>>>it is also insulting to myself because movei is still not near crafty level
>>>
>>>I did not mean to insult programmers.
>>>
>>>I did not say that it is easy to get crafty level but that there are a lot of
>>>programmers that do not make money from their program and are near crafty level.
>>>
>>>In the last first division of Leo a lot of free amateurs performed better than
>>>crafty.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>I'm under the impression that you want to make money by using other's programs.
>>I don't like your idea. Money is not all. Go away with your money and such nasty
>>suggestions.
>>CCC is *not* to make money, but to help one another to make better programs.
>>I feel sorry for you Uri.
>>Bernhard
>
>No, Bernhard, that's not what ICD's CCC was for.  It was established as a place
>where the members could ZAP each other at every opportunity.  Computer chess is
>just a convenient excuse.
>
>I advocate giving everybody the benefit of the doubt. None of us are perfect.
>We should all make allowances for each other and patiently allow others to
>stumble occasionally, as we all do.  IMHO.
>
>Bob D.

Hey Bob!

None is the negative of one.

You should have said "None of IS perfect"!


(Can we stop this please?)



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