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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