Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:38:30 01/26/06
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On January 26, 2006 at 09:41:31, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 26, 2006 at 09:39:06, Rolf Tueschen wrote: > >>On January 26, 2006 at 09:35:00, Albert Silver wrote: >> >>>On January 26, 2006 at 09:27:17, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >>> >>>>On January 26, 2006 at 05:07:17, Keith Hyams wrote: >>>> >>>>>If I am correct about the increase in strength, then this change is quite >>>>>impressive. It has been achieved in about 8 weeks. Other authors of top-end >>>>>engines often achieve less than this in one year. >>>>> Regards >>>>> Keith >>>> >>>> >>>>This is bogus. First you dont know what Vas had in advance. He then gave the >>>>first version for free but how do you know if that really was the stand Vas had >>>>at that time? >>> >>>I agree. He was probably hiding the stronger versions, to then share them later >>>and show us his "progress". >>> >>>Second it's typical for a new attempt that at the beginning things >>>>go up well. Also Vas will attain a point where he will enjoy a slower improving >>>>speed. >>> >>>The question wasn't on how much progress Vas would make in the future, but on >>>how much has been made since the first beta. >>> >> >> >>Correct. And I said we cant answer that question. > >And why can't we answer that question? > > Albert The reason is that Rolf susggests that maybe vasik did not make progress recently and simply did not give his best version to make us think that he did a lot of progress recently. Note that I do not believe that it is the case because in that case it could be better for vasik to sell rybka in earlier time. Uri
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