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Subject: Re: The SSDF Rating List is simply ridiculous !

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 15:03:15 02/25/04

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On February 25, 2004 at 17:52:39, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>I honestly think that the SSDF rating list is a ridiculous comparison to human
>rating, with Shredder 7.04 UCI rated over 2800 on a mere AMD Athlon 1.2 GHz. If
>the initial purpose of the SSDF was to assign computer programs with rating
>similar to human rating, then the target is way too far off. The SSDF either
>lower it rating by 100 points or it is time to keep the same rating as it is but
>start testing with an AMD  XP 3200.

It might be above that mark.
It might be below that mark.
It might be equal to that mark.

The calibration has certainly drifted (that's just common sense).

However, who is going to pay the bazillion dollars to get 1000 GM games against
these programs?

The answer is simple: Nobody is going to do that.

Therefore, we must consider the list as a rating of program against program on
that particular hardware against those particular machines.  Nothing more, and
nothing less.

We can extrapolate that the most highly rated programs would do best against
humans, but even that is uncertain.



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