Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 17:38:32 05/06/99
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>>3) Anti-computer specialists. This is really just a special case of #2. These >>people play a very slow, quiet game that is difficult for computers, or they >>search for holes in the opening books of automated computer accounts and exploit >>them. My program, Grok, has recently suffered from this... > >Thank these people. They are doing you a favour. Every time they bust your >opening book and you have to fix it, that's one less hole for someone to hit you >with in a real tournament. > Well, I only partially agree. It is quite helpful the first time. When they repeat the same line 4 or 5 times, it's annoying. I try to patch the holes as I find them, but sometimes it's too late. Book learning is what I need, but I have more pressing issues (bugs) to deal with at the moment. :-) --Peter
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