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Subject: Re: Ooops

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:50:14 06/19/03

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On June 19, 2003 at 18:46:14, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>On June 19, 2003 at 17:56:04, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>>Uh oh, is little Bobby Hyatt upset because I found 10 games? I can imagine your
>>>lower lip quivering right now. "But, but, but, that's not what I meant! Uhhhh,
>>>maybe I was running on my laptop! Uhhhhh, maybe you were using different
>>>accounts! Uhhhh, best 2 out of 3? C'mon, please?"
>>
>>Nope, not "upset" at all.  "surprised" would be a better word.  But you
>>found 10.  I actually found _two_ sets of 10 games where you were very
>>slightly ahead.
>>
>>But there are 28 _other_ 10 game combinations.  I'm therefore surprised you
>>would think your single group means much other than that an "exceptional
>>condition can happen if you try often enough."
>
>How do you know I think it means anything? You said find 10 games, I found 10
>games. I always thought it was a stupid, meaningless challenge, but hey, it was
>easy so I did it.
>
>>>The fact is, neither of us can prove our case to the other person's
>>>satisfaction.
>>
>>Sure we can.  Log on to ICC tonight.  Pick the hardware.  I have PII/400's,
>
>Oh, sure, a match tonight will prove that Crafty was better than Stobor in,
>e.g., March 1999? I never made the claim that Stobor is currently better than
>Crafty.

Well then pick a time.  I can pick a version that was current at that time.

I have several years worth, although nothing prior to 1997...


>
>>At most every sample point I have seen, Crafty was stronger.  If you take _all_
>
>What sample points are those? Some games from 6 years ago?
>
>-Tom

games on ICC.  Whenever you were playing.  If you want to imply you had some
super-code in your 'basement' that never played, feel free.  mine is always
available, so I don't make such claims.  Everybody knows just how strong or
weak what I have done is, over time.




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