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Subject: Re: Christophe Theron, I've been waiting for you to strike back conclusively

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 19:20:59 04/08/03

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On April 08, 2003 at 12:05:36, stuart taylor wrote:

>Are you still working in increasing playing strength of your program(s), or do
>you feel you've done about as much as you can, or, are you taking a rest?

Boderline Rude - the implication is that the Tiger is not getting stronger

>
>CT15 hasn't been a clear No.1 for a few months now.

Flat out Rude.

>I'm quite aware that the
>possibility does exist, but it's more likely that Fritz is, already for a few
>months now.

Rude again.

>I thought you never tollerated second or third place, so why aren't we hearing
>more from you recently?

Goes back to first statement - bookending the 2nd and 3rd statement - the reader
has nothing else but to assume that Chris is being slammed here

>Fritz still DOES make mistakes and have weaknesses, so there is still plenty
>what to doiminate it about.

An indirect hit.  Fritz is making mistakes, so why isn't Tiger getting better.

Ties together all statements as one big slam.


>
>And, what about Tiger for ARM Palm processors?

Another hit, if you're not working on the PC version, why aren't you working on
the Pocket PC version.


>
>Regards
>S.Taylor


If you were not trying to offend Chris, you have either have as much sensitivity
as an "atom bomb", or you are in serious need of good english writing class or
some combination thereof.

My two cents - Chess programmers, good chess programmers like Chris are always
working on their engine.  They are good because they love it and it's hard to
pull back from it.  So you hinting that Chris had not been working on his engine
was a major affront to him -- and understandbly so.

Other than asking Chris if he's working on his program - what was the point of
all your questions?  What were the positive things, if any, you were trying to
say about Tiger?  If you were, they got lost in the all negatively.

My take is that you were totally clueless on how you came across.




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