Author: KarinsDad
Date: 17:50:34 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 20:31:06, James T. Walker wrote: >On January 25, 1999 at 14:28:04, KarinsDad wrote: > >>On January 25, 1999 at 14:16:00, KarinsDad wrote: >> >>[snip] >>> >>>And if I was really getting tricky, I would encode my next frequency into the >>>transmission and have redundancy checks, etc. I would have a transmitter in my >>>shoe and receive binary responses back between shoes (3 bits from square, 3 bits >>>to square) and I would send the move back to verify that it is correct (same >>>with when the computer makes a move). >> >>Duh! 6 bits from square, 6 bits to square, and I would separate these to >>minimize errors such as 3 bits from rank, wait 2 seconds, 3 bits from file, wait >>2 seconds, 3 bits to rank, wait 2 seconds, 3 bits to file. And possibly put a >>wake up signal before this: Wake up, I'm about to send you a move. >> >>KarinsDad :) > >If you know anything about electronics you know that this is childs play. Any >transmitter strong enough to get outside of the playing area would be easy to >detect. You don't have to read the signals, just know they are there. Then >finding the cheat would be pretty easy, especially over a period of a couple of >days. >Jim Walker I think it is more a matter of knowing what to look for. There are so many signals around these days that the airwaves are flooded. A one millesecond or less spike is going to be associated with vacumn cleaners being turned on, other electronics being turned on, etc. It most likely won't even be long enough to a frequency scanner to pick it up. Also, if you were smart enough to create such a system, you would be smart enough to keep the wattage down to just barely (maybe 1.5 to 2 times) more than what was needed. Best case, the transmission only has to be done once per move per side. The local electronics can convert the quick pulse into slow signals that the human can pick up (and vice versa transmit). Also, why run a program at GM level? Run it at 2000 and have someone play in an U1400 section. Everyone who compares the games played of the winner of that section will notice enough discrepencies between what is played and what the commercial programs say should be played to not be suspicious (if they even bothered to check in the first place). I'm not saying that it is easy or worthwhile, I'm just saying that it is doable. KarinsDad
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