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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