Author: Steve Lim
Date: 19:14:21 11/25/03
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On November 25, 2003 at 21:33:23, Peter Berger wrote: >On November 25, 2003 at 21:03:38, Steve Lim wrote: > >>Considering the bug and the fact that the match has only a 5 game history, would >>you consider restarting the match with the workaround in place? >> >>I consider the results void IMO. I know its alot of work. Just my opinion in the >>interest of the pursuit 'truth/science' whatever. >> >>my opinion, >> >>Regardless, >>thanks for taking the time to run this. >> >>Steve. > >Steve, let's stay real. > >When I look at the first five games I see 4 ordinary about even book lines for >both, that didn't have any major influence on the game result, and one forced >book win for Crafty. To say that the results are void is grossly exagurrated. > >What if tomorrow's game shows some unknown bug in Junior? Will the same rules >apply? Who knows why Junior played the horrible h5 move in the second to last >game? Maybe some bug? > >It's a match - in case there is some error from my side I'll consider to rerun >of course - same if something were setup in a wrong way - but programs will >commit errors that might be due to either short-comings or bugs - else all games >would be perfect and probably drawn. > >All the best, >Peter You make some good points. Once again, thanks for doing this experiment. Cheers, Steve
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