Author: Evgeny Shaposhnikov
Date: 10:42:09 11/19/04
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On November 19, 2004 at 00:19:03, Mike Byrne wrote: > >Your notion of cheating is in direct contrast to Merriam-Webster's > >http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=cheat > >" CHEAT, COZEN, DEFRAUD, SWINDLE mean to get something by dishonesty or >deception" - SO if there is no deception, there is no cheating. > >We also just got off topic of Chess and Computers -- so any additional off >topic posts are subject to deletion and posters are subject to disciplinary >action. You can move the discussion of what you think cheating is to CTF. > >You are correct, we do not share the same notion of cheating and there is no >need for futher elaboration. I fail to understand how I got off topic of "Chess and Computers" - clearly the ethics of using computer aided play in chess is a topic of "Chess and Computers". Also if you look at the ACM's Computing Subject Classification Scheme (the world's de facto standard in this area), you may notice that, aside from highly technical areas such as Algorithm Analysis, Operating Systems, Expert Systems etc., there is also an area "K. Computing Milieux" described as pertaining to Computing. Among others, of special interest there are "K.4.1 Public Policy Issues: Abuse and crime involving computers, Ethics" and "K.4.2 Social Issues". Clearly, the topic of ethics of computer aided play in chess is seen as pertaining to computers by ACM, and is also clearly pertaining to chess, therefore to "Computers and Chess" as well by deduction. Allow me to reply to your Merriam-Webster argument. It is once again proven that reading comprehension isn't your strong point, as I clearly said that "CCO takes a liberal stance towards favoring the right to dissent from orthodox tenets or established authorities". Therefore, Merriam-Webster's being a recognized established authority, CCO decided to dissent from its view of "cheating". CCO has started the project of developing its own English dictionary, where such controversial issues will be dealt with in a much more NPOV (neutral point of view) manner.
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