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Subject: Re: What if fruit does win the title.

Author: Arturo Ochoa

Date: 10:08:38 08/13/05

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On August 13, 2005 at 10:41:07, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On August 13, 2005 at 09:00:55, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>
>>On August 12, 2005 at 16:15:37, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On August 12, 2005 at 05:46:42, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 07, 2005 at 00:12:15, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 06, 2005 at 21:27:32, Arturo Ochoa wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On August 06, 2005 at 20:15:07, gerold daniels wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Would it have much of an impact on the commercial Programs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gerold.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don´t think it will have a strong impact for the Comercial Programs.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>However, your question is too too wide and any answer is a mere speculation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Ok, my answers (speculations)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>1) Fruit could become comercial.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>2) It would be a great surprise because it would be the first free chess program
>>>>>>with open source in winning a Title.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Oops.  :)
>>>>
>>>>This Oops means you asphyxiated.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Cray Blitz won several, and it was always "open source" as well.  :)
>>>>>
>>>>>The chess 4.x guys distributed their source thru the CDC user's group as well...
>>>>
>>>>Was Cray Blitz and Chess 4.X Amateur Engines? As far as I know, Chess 4.X was
>>>>the strongest engine in the 70s but was it considered an Ameteur? The same
>>>>question goes for Cray Blitz.
>>>
>>>By any standard used by the ICCA/ICGA, yes.  Just as Crafty is amateur today.
>>>And both programs were public source as well as several others, dating back to
>>>say COKO in the first ACM computer chess event in 1970, to mention just one...
>>>
>>>If you consider crafty an amateur program today, then CB has to be the same.  I
>>>was the author.  Was working at a university during the development, was at UAB
>>>for the last 10 years of CB's playing years (1985-1994)...
>>>
>>>Not sure how else it could be considered anything but amateur based on the
>>>current ICGA definition of "amateur, semi-professional and professional" (all of
>>>which are a complte crock in my opinion, but that is another subject..)
>>>
>>>>
>>>>For me, Fruit would be the first engine in reaching an Official WCCC Tournament.
>>>>Does it hurt your pride?
>>>
>>>No pride involved.  Just facts.  But claiming that (if fruit were to win) that
>>>it is the first public-source amateur program to win the WCCC would simply be
>>>dead wrong.  Chess 4.x in 1977, CB in 1983/1986 were all open source and amateur
>>>by today's definition.
>>
>>I did not claimed. You, guys of this Forum, have a problem accusing people of
>>claiming things
>
>No, here _you_ have a problem.  Here is a direct quote from the post by you that
>I responded to:
>
>"2) It would be a great surprise because it would be the first free chess
>program with open source in winning a Title."
>
>I simply pointed out that was _wrong_.  Both Cray Blitz and chess 4.x were open
>source and both won WCCC events, chess 4.x won one, Cray Blitz won 2.
>
>So how am I "accusing you of claiming things" when I simply responded to a
>_direct_ statement that you made that was wrong...  And I did it in a
>non-hostile manner as well, just pointing out that you had overlooked two
>examples of open source programs from the 70's, 80's and 90's...
>
>
>
>>
>>I said: "However, your question is too too wide and any answer is a mere
>>speculation. Ok, my answers (speculations)". I did not claimed. I entered in the
>>terrain of the speculations.....
>
>
>So?  Your speculation was wrong, and it contained an erroneous statement since
>it directly implied that no public source program had ever won a WCCC-type event
>in the past.

A speculation is not wrong. It is a mere speculation. I am not claiming
anything. This is one of the problems of this Forum. No, I am being evaluated by
the "Big Father" of the CCC. My God.

I have not implied anything. This is a speculation  to answer a question of
somebody. Then your pride is blooded because I misse a point. Your followers in
this Forum will stand your way, not me.


>
>
>>
>>I did not claimed. I only said a mere speculation if you can undertand. Your
>>information was interesting for me but your opps,,, apsss,,,,,, remove your
>>serious sense of the information. That is.
>>
>>Now, you pretend create a long thread from a speculation. My god.
>
>You have a serious problem.  All you needed to say was "I didn't know that" and
>move on.  To make it simple, you were wrong on that count.  I pointed out the
>mistake.  If you can't take someone pointing out a simple mistake, in a polite
>way, then you have problems beyond not knowing your computer chess history...


You also have a serious problem Hyatt. You overeacted with a sarcarsm. If you
are a teacher, I dont know how your students can stand such sarcasms when they
don´t know or miss something.




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