Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:46:29 02/16/05
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On February 16, 2005 at 16:23:06, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >On February 16, 2005 at 15:44:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 16, 2005 at 12:53:25, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >> >>>On February 16, 2005 at 11:53:00, Eugene Nalimov wrote: >>> >>>>On February 16, 2005 at 11:37:42, Dan Honeycutt wrote: >>>> >>>>>On February 16, 2005 at 08:27:51, Charles Roberson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I agree with Uri. Not everything is publicly known. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have some secrets in my new program. When I am done with the research on >>>>>> them, I may publish them in a journal. But, until then they are not known. >>>>>> I've read all of the related articles in the last 30 years of the ICCA >>>>>> journals and there is nothing similar in there. I've also scanned the >>>>>> net and found nothing like them. >>>>> >>>>>I don't have any secrets, but if I did I've wondered about the following >>>>>scenario: >>>>> >>>>>I find a new trick that gives my program a nice boost. I figure with some >>>>>refinement it may have commercial potential. I enter it in a tournament. It is >>>>>alleged to be a clone. Rules state, in such case I show my source to some >>>>>committee established by the tournament organizers. I fear that if I do so my >>>>>discovery will no longer remain secret. >>>>> >>>>>What do I do? >>>> >>>>You knew about that rule prior entering the tournament, right? Nobody forced you >>>>to play. >>>> >>> >>>Sure, I knew the rules but that wasn't my question. I see two choices: >>> >>>(1) Refuse to show my source, be disqualified and have the clone cloud hanging >>>over my head. >>> >>>(2) Show my source and risk that my discovery become known with consequent >>>potential loss of revenue. >>> >>>Are you saying that since I entered of my own free will and agreed to the >>>conditions that my only choice is number 2? >>> >>>Best >>>Dan H. >> >>No, he is saying that if you are worried about your "secret" you simply should >>not have entered in the first place. No risk of revealing your secret. No risk >>of being called a clone either. No risk at all... >> >> > >That's true. No risk. No reward either. > >Dan H. As I tell my friends who want to play blackjack in a casino, because they know I'm pretty successful at it, either learn to count cards, or don't play at all. If you don't count cards you _will_ lose long term. If you don't want to expose your secrets, then you will have a problem using the secrets to compete. Same sort of problem.
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