Author: Slater Wold
Date: 21:43:09 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 23:29:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 28, 2003 at 16:26:13, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On November 28, 2003 at 15:44:30, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On November 28, 2003 at 14:47:21, Bob Durrett wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>After all, who is to offer PROOF that it isn't so? For the Junior, Fritz, >>>>Shredder, HIARCS & Tiger programmers to offer proof, they would have to reveal >>>>their source code, which they surely will not do. >>>> >>>>Hyatt has often said that his code is not optimized. Maybe the front-runner >>>>commercial programs are just improved versions of Crafty! If Crafty can be made >>>>100 points better by an attorney, what could talented chess programmers >>>>accomplish? >>>> >>>>: ) >>>> >>>>Bob D. >>> >>> >>>I'm not sure this angle of discussion is helping. IE the situation is already >>>very bad. Hyperbole about it is not helping anyone. IE a reputation is already >>>damaged, the tournament results are suspect, nothing good can happen now. >> >>OK. Since you ask me to, I'll "cool it." It was just a joke, but intended to >>point out the impossibility of resolving the "cloning issue." >> >>Bob D. > > >I understood your "humor". However, think about how this all fees to >the author that was expelled. My point was that the longer the discussion >continues, the greater his embarassment... > >That is why I have not responded very much, yet I appear to be one of the >two "principles" in the problem, albeit indirectly in my case. No good deed goes unpunished, Robert. You're old and wise, surely you've learned that lesson before. :)
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