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Subject: Re: CEGT: testing and presentation of results

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 14:03:17 10/20/05

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On October 20, 2005 at 16:28:18, Heinz van Kempen wrote:

>
>>Some conmments:
>>1)I never claimed that testers told lies.
>>
>
>-- and I did not claim that you claimed it but that people have the impression,
>so people not = Uri Blass
>
>
>>2)problems happen with hardware and I did not claim that only the CEGT may have
>>problems that are not results of statistical errors.
>>
>
>--they happen, mainly in hot summers because of CPU overheat or because of
>faulty RAM, testers are aware of that, they happen more often because of bugs in
>engines
>
>>3)If an engine starts like a superstar and drop like a stone or the opposite it
>>increase the probability that something is wrong with the results.
>>
>>It does not mean that something is wrong in the last games and it is also
>>possible that something was wrong in the first games.
>>
>>The question is only what is the result that justify checking if there is
>>problem.
>
>-snipped-
>
>>Suspecting that something is wrong is normal behaviour and it is not a personal
>>attack.
>>I can only be sorry that people see it as personal against them.
>>
>
>-- It would not happen when people ask in a friendly way, it tends to happen
>more often when there are spectacular headers like: "Re: a mistake of
>Fruit2.2Uri in CEGT (bug or another problem?)". This would also increase the
>readiness by testers to investigate more.
>
>Best Regards
>Heinz

Sorry,but I did not think that my question was not friendly.
Maybe it is better to ask about problems by email and not to post questions
here.

Uri



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