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Subject: Re: CCT: why this rule?

Author: Russell Reagan

Date: 19:56:17 09/22/03

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On September 22, 2003 at 15:39:25, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>I think, requiring a log file directly after the game would give at least the
>same security, if not more. It would be trivial to overtake the time management
>of the engine under the current rules. I believe, nobody does want to do it. A
>log file could give more info, to see it ("Normally I will use 1 min for this
>move, if score goes down perhaps 3 minutes, in exceptional case 5 minutes ..."
>could be shown in the log file).

I agree that it is kind of annoying for programmers, and I don't really like the
rule because it provides only mild cheat prevention, and prevents more people
from participating.

If someone has a legitimate reason, there is no reason why the TD cannot make a
judgement call based upon common sense. I don't like absolute rules that assume
everyone is the same. This rule assumes that everyone uses a modern, popular
programming language and the Winboard protocol.



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