Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 01:25:13 02/07/06
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On February 07, 2006 at 04:06:14, Ryan B. wrote: >On February 07, 2006 at 03:21:09, Tord Romstad wrote: > >>On February 06, 2006 at 21:47:09, Ryan B. wrote: >> >>>Rather it is to hide extra hidden search or for marketing propaganda >> >>Marketing propaganda? What does the nodes/second ratio have to do >>with marketing? >> > >Many people seem to think that low nps means more chess knowledge in the eval. OK, if you say so. I thought most ordinary users were more likely to be impressed by *high* nodes/second counts, but I could be wrong. >Sorry if the word "manipulates" sounded negative. I feel Vas does hide things >in what Rybka does but I do not mean for it to sound negative, it is his right >to do so. If you know of a similar word that does not imply anything negative >please let me know and I will use the better word in the future. I don't wish >to offend anyone with my posts. I know, and I didn't mean to imply that you did. :-) Instead of looking for a better word, I think I would just say that the N/s count doesn't really say anything about the strength or the knowledge in a chess engine, and that comparisons between N/s counts in different engines are meaningless. Tord
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