Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:56:32 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 06:39:52, Tony Petters wrote:
>On November 17, 2004 at 22:19:17, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On November 17, 2004 at 21:11:16, Tony Petters wrote:
>>
>>>Now that Computer Chess Software has virtually every feature we could want and
>>>the engines play at the same strength as Super GMs, what is there left to talk
>>>about ?
>>>
>>>Everyday I come and read some obscure thing that very few people care about.
>>>
>>>Food for thought :)
>>>
>>>Cordially
>>
>>I guess you're one of the few people who care about them. Not to mention the
>>other members. I was inclined to take this post seriously at first, but after
>>the troll on Ferret, I think this is just more along those lines.
>
>Telling the truth is not a troll.
Telling the truth is clearly in the eyes of the beholder if you believe your
thread. You see, the first thing that comes to my mind when I see someone start
a thread suggesting we collectively leave CCC is: what is the poster's
intention? I honestly couldn't think of a single constructive point in it.
If it is a very convoluted way of decrying unhappiness with the threads here,
then the answer is the same of such complaints in any forum: contribute better
ones yourself.
Engines are not at Super GM strength, or at the very least, still have too many
weaknesses to be properly called such. I can pretty consistently drag out a
half-point against them, and were I less rusty, believe I could beat them a few
times. Not regularly by any means, but far more often than I would from a
genuine Super GM. As to having every feature, I don't agree. *Really* not.
Whether it be playing programs or database programs such as CB or CA.
The thing about features that don't exist yet, is that many times people don't
even realize they want them, until they exist. After that, it's more along the
lines of how come it didn't exist before? Good feature design isn't just about
asking people what they want, but anticipating it.
Albert
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