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Subject: Re: Is it correct that the ssdf is against testing humans in the list?

Author: Günther Simon

Date: 02:17:37 11/07/05

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On November 06, 2005 at 16:43:46, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 06, 2005 at 16:19:26, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>
>>On November 06, 2005 at 15:49:45, Günther Simon wrote:
>>
>>>On November 06, 2005 at 09:39:43, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>>>
>>>>On November 06, 2005 at 00:44:59, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>There was a claim in another discussion that the ssdf is in principle against
>>>>>testing humans.
>>>>>
>>>>>The claim was not by ssdf tester and if it is correct I want to read it from
>>>>>ssdf testers.
>>>>>
>>>>>I always thought that the problem is that humans are not available for playing
>>>>>matches of 40 games against Fruit and Fritz and other programs and paying humans
>>>>>money and checking that the humans do not cheat is too expensive.
>>>>>
>>>>>I always thought that ssdf is going to include humans in the list in case that
>>>>>there is a sponsor to pay for that purpose.
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>The idea has always been to compare programs against humans in tournaments.
>>>>Especially in the past days a good player could learn to play the same lines
>>>>over and over winning the same game again and again.
>>>>
>>>>Bertil
>>>
>>>Is this a 'yes' or a 'no' to Uris question?
>>>
>>>Guenther
>>
>>Yes, in the best of worlds a lot of humans could be included to give a "true"
>>rating comparison.
>>
>>Bertil
>
>It is clear that it is 'yes' to what I thought but not 'yes' to the question in
>the title of the thread.
>
>Uri

I see only one question in your original post and that is in the header
marked by a question mark.
I have asked for an answer to your question and Bertil said 'yes',
thus I don't see any doubts left, except you believe either Bertil
missunderstod you or did not say the truth.

Guenther



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