Author: Roger Brown
Date: 18:02:49 07/20/05
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>If nominated I would of course run; purely out of respect for the person who >nominated me. I am happy to hear that.... > >I highly doubt I would be elected as I am to opinionated, to abrasive, and well >to everything.... Nothing wrong with having an opinion. As for being abrasive, you do not seem to mind when others abrade right back so no problem here either. SNIP >If you have a bug with either of these interfaces, ask at the appropriate >places: > >Arena: http://www.playwitharena.com then click on "Bug Report Form" >ChessPartner: http://www.lokasoft.com/forums >Winboard: http://volker-pittlik.name/wbforum/index.php >Chessbase: http://www.chessbase.com/support/index.asp or email them > >95% of the time an interface question is asked here, the answer is simple. User >error. Read the manual, ask at the proper forums, but don't clog this board with >useless "information" requests. They turn into flame wars and are not needed. Again I see nothing wrong here..... > >For setting of software engines: > >99 time out of 100 the best settings _ARE THE DEFAULTS_. They are tested >extensively, and rarely have I seen a setting produce better results than it's >default counterpart to make any real difference. Hoo boy, you are going to get it for this one! > >For the "Anti-Computer Chess Experts" here: > >No one cares that you can shuffle pieces back and forth and win on time. No one >cares if you are able to get a draw doing the same damn thing. For those that >do? Sell all your chess boards, give away all your programs, and take up wicker >craft. It is just as exciting as watching that garbage. > >Play a _real_ game and see how many times you can get it to draw, or lose on >time. I must confess that I have a similar view BUT the anticomputer experts do have a valid point. The software writers should have a look at the weaknesses and iron them out. Dr. Hyatt did that for a free program, I cannot see why the professionals will not....Perhaps when a GM adopts some of the strategies to affect the results of man vs machine matches then it will become important... > >For all the people that care about COMPUTER CHESS: > >Stay right here. You are in the proper place even if it doesn't look like it. >Trust me you are... > >Continue doing what you are doing in an orderly fashion, try not to stomp all >over your cd racks, and start talking about what really matters. Beating the >living hell out of the humans in a game that the programs now seem to dominate. >Or find a human that will actually play the right brand of chess to make one of >the man vs machine matches worth talking about. This is the point. The strongest human has recently retired. He has the sheer charisma - whether you like him or not - to make a match a news event. Do any of the others? I am not talking about strength, I am talkng about mass appeal, about excitement, about the possibility of all out warfare and bloodshed and hard fought victory. The doing of it, well that is a task! SNIP >For all the Dedicated Unit lovers out there: > >Just be like Steve B and everything will take care of itself. I agree. Steve B has conducted himself with class, humour and wit. I like him and I have never had any dealings with him. He has a couple of companions in crime who are funny too... > >Peter the "Information SuperHighway Traffic Cop" Until then, later.
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