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Subject: Re: Arasan 8.0

Author: Tom Likens

Date: 18:42:03 08/22/04

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On August 22, 2004 at 21:35:08, Tom Likens wrote:

>On August 22, 2004 at 21:21:06, Lance Perkins wrote:
>
>>I heard that whatever evidence you present does not count. We need to contact
>>the author. Only the source code from him and his confession can tell us whether
>>its a clone or not. Your reverse engineering does not count.
>>
>>Is it only _parts_ of the Arasan 7.4 code that was cloned by 8.0? I heard that
>>does not count either. It has to be 100%. Your big chunk 50% claim is
>>irrelevant. I suggest you wait for Bob. After you hear from Bob, it still won't
>>count. It has to be 100%.
>>
>>Are you trying to discredit Jon?
>>
>>Hehe. I'm only humoring too... Chill out. You started this.
>
>Hey Lance,
>
>Actually, I enjoyed your post tremendously!!  Without a sense of humor,
>how dull all this would be.  And by the way, good luck as well in
>division 1 of WBEC.

Oops, sorry "...good luck in the Premier Division".  I didn't mean to
demote Thinker :(

--tom

>I still suspect the secret of Thinker is *not*
>the print log function, but I could be wrong. ;-)
>
>best,
>--tom
>
>>
>>On August 22, 2004 at 19:23:17, Tom Likens wrote:
>>
>>>On August 22, 2004 at 18:03:13, Jon Dart wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 22, 2004 at 17:54:27, Tom Likens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Any idea how much stronger version 8.0 is compared to the previous
>>>>>version?
>>>>
>>>>I think it's better but I haven't run any large cross-version test
>>>>matches.
>>>>
>>>>This version beats Phalanx pretty regularly now, which past versions
>>>>have had difficulty doing.
>>>>
>>>>--Jno
>>>
>>>Thanks Jon,
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, I've just compared the code between Arasan 8.0 and your
>>>previous version and I can only conclude that Arasan 8.0 is a clone of
>>>Arasan 7.4!!  Of course, I can supply any evidence you require! :-) ;-)
>>>
>>>Sorry, sorry- I just couldn't resist, sometimes my warped sense of humor
>>>simply overwhelms my better judgement, (frankly, my wife believes I am
>>>beyond hope, but that is another thread altogether).
>>>
>>>best regards,
>>>--tom
>>>
>>>P.S. And good luck in WBEC 2nd division.



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