Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 15:34:12 06/04/03
Go up one level in this thread
On June 04, 2003 at 13:26:32, Mihaly Szalai wrote: >On June 04, 2003 at 12:54:16, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On June 04, 2003 at 12:02:16, Mihaly Szalai wrote: >> >>>From the Chessbase vocabulary: tester = customer >> >>No. They just define tester different than you and I do. ;-) >>Tester nowadays are the guys who produce many many games and results of the >>engines with short time controls. Then they count the beans and say: This >>version is 14 ELO stronger/weaker than the predecessor. Use it/Throw it. With >>this method they absolutely have no chance to find or even see e.g. the time >>control bug in Junior 8. >>Sad, isn't it? But it is all partly our own fault. Everyone's crying for fast >>results after an engine has been released. This is only possible when playing >>very short time controls. So you want it, you get it. You want fastfood, no >>problem, they produce fastfood. And beta-test fastfood. :-)) > > >Yes, and if you don't like fast food, you can go to a classy >restaurant and if you find a fly in your soup there what will happen? They will say your lucky! Normaly, we don't serve that much meat in the soup. I am for can not be blaimed for the lack on good beta testing. 500.000 computer games don't say a thing in my book. Only strong games take my intrest. Besides good operating of the program it self. Marc
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.