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Subject: Re: Why can't Kasparov play Shredder 7.04 or 8.0?

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 19:32:18 11/06/03

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On November 06, 2003 at 22:02:49, Steve Maughan wrote:

>Terry,
>
>>SSDF is NOT a scientific measuring stick, it's not meant to be.
>
>It's the closest we have to scientific testing in Computer Chess.
>
>>Actually a 100 ELO difference by a margin of 50> or 50< is nearly meaningless
>>with comuters, and I dare say with humans as well.
>
>Hmmm, after having answered you other post I now realize you trolling....
>
>You clearly know little about statistics

Sir, I'm not trolling at all, and I know what I'm talking about.

Do you remember Alan Tomalty? Well I know him through his work and and have
talked with him, he'd agree with me.

Also, I've tested computers myself and have played in rated tournaments, I
understand what I'm talking about.

So you musn't have a very good grasp what a rating means. It's _not_ a
scientific or absolute measuring of strength. It is statistical only and if
you understand statistics, you'll understand my meaning of of 50 points up or
down have little meaning.

However, I know you'll disagree.



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