Author: José Carlos
Date: 01:24:21 12/18/03
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On December 18, 2003 at 04:01:55, Uri Blass wrote: >On December 18, 2003 at 03:38:39, Peter Skinner wrote: > >>On December 18, 2003 at 03:21:26, Frank Quisinsky wrote: >> >>>03. Ruffian 2.0 by Per-Ola Valdfridsson (Sweden) is the strongest Winboard >>>compatible engine n the World today! >>> >>>Right / Wrong >>> >> >>You did advertise it as the "strongest" Winboard program in the World today. > >I think that the meaning is clear and the meaning is that it is better than >every winbord program that is available today. > >I agree that it was better to say the same in different words. > >It is probably better to say: > >"Ruffian 2.0 by Per-Ola Valdfridsson (Sweden) is the strongest *available* >Winboard compatible engine *for 18.12.03*" > > > >>Today can last forever, as each time I look at the time, I see "today". This is >>where I see the problem that GCP has. Do we have _conclusive_ proof that Ruffian >>2.0 is the strongest? How can you say this statement when you don't know for >>sure. >> >>There is such a thing as false advertising, and all it would take is another >>Winboard engine to beat Ruffian 2.0 in a match to prove this claim is false and >>I would be able to sue your company. >> >>I remember years ago a company here in town said it had "The best hamburger in >>Edmonton". Some locals businesses took them to task on the statement, proved it >>wrong by a panel of 40 testers, and won a court battle biased on false >>advertising. > >It is known that a lot of the advertisment are wrong espacially when it may be a >question of taste and different people may have different taste. Wrong != false. An opinion can be right or wrong, and it is expressed as "I think... my opinion is... I believe...". A statement is true or false. Frank made an statement (Ruffian is the strongest...). Frank's advertisment is either true or false. If proven false (when Ruffian is out and well tested) it's possible to sue Frank and succeed. Lying in advertisments is illegal, at least in Spain. I won't buy Ruffian, so I don't care at all, but if I was to buy Ruffian, I'd be ready to sue Frank if he's lying. José C. >I usually do not expect advertisment to be right espacially when there is no >objective true. > >When people say best engine the meaning is not clear. >You can include opening book and you can use tournament from random opening >position. > >If you choose the second option then the database that you choose to take the >random positions may be important. > >Uri
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