Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 15:16:35 07/10/05
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On July 10, 2005 at 17:03:20, William Sorin wrote: >On July 09, 2005 at 15:36:40, Amir wrote: > >>On July 09, 2005 at 10:23:24, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>Well said! >>> >>>I am amazed the some people here actually believes his ****. >> >>Since his games are played live on playchess server, why won't they believe it? > > >It's not a question of belief, but rather one of relavance, who cares if someone >can beat a computer on time? Beating a computer on time , is not outplaying the >computer. It speaks nothing of the computers ability, all it means is that the >computer isn't human. This Pablo is so trivial and trite I cannot imagine why >anyone would waste time even considering his nonsense. I wouldn't go this far...humans complicate the position against other humans to help run their opponents out of time. Humans adapt their style to other human opponents. Father's play just seems like a logical extension of what humans have been doing against each other for a very long time. The reason we have rules is to define the legal progress of the game. Inside the rules, a win is a win is a win. If some wins breed only contempt, then the rules need to be changed. I wouldn't recommend it, though...it's far easier for programmers to just program around him. Nothing wrong with that, either. That said, I would let Father play Fruit and show his record over a 20 game match. Fruit is free and available. If he can get a decent score, then maybe he's ready for more. Roger
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