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Subject: Re: Calling Steve Lopez, Terry Cummings, & Other Hiarcs Owners

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 19:04:14 07/03/99

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On July 03, 1999 at 15:30:54, Steve Lopez wrote:

>On July 03, 1999 at 00:28:59, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote:
>
>>Glad to see someone finally found out I was correct about that. I guess Mr.
>>Lopez didn't make the effort to verify what I was talking about since he was so
>>anxious to say I was wrong.
>
>No, I didn't make an effort at all -- only about 60-90 minutes of my own
>(supposedly free) time over several days (as opposed to company time), starting
>the other computer, starting the program, inserting the disk, trying to follow
>the moves, finding out that there was an illegal move in the variation, getting
>the information from another poster the following day, restarting the computer,
>restarting the program, inserting the disk, etc. I'll not make that effort over
>one of your posts again, I assure you. I also apologized in another post for my
>error and explained it -- and I was gratified to see that I was evidently not
>alone in missing the transposition. Frankly, given the problems in determining
>the actual move order, I surprised we made it as far as we did in discovering
>what was going on.
>
>But please don't let me stop you from your enjoyment of flogging that particular
>horse, deceased or otherwise. Have fun!


I am truly sorry that it caused you so much of your time because I posted f6
instead of fxg6, but what about the amount of time ChessBase has caused
consumers to waste trying to find out the proper hash table formula for Hiarcs?
Hmmm. I don't see you complaining about that. If we are to take your reply here
that you are not interested in addressing further posts of moves by me, then you
are saying that consumers shouldn't buy any further products from ChessBase for
the same reason. That is my analogy. Let's take a good look at what confusion,
waste of time that ChessBase has caused:

i. The wrong manual with the wrong formula for hash tables.

2. A program with the wrong formula for hash tables under "System Configuraton".

3. A somewhat confusing matter about tablebases.

4. In Fritz 5.32 no explanation about the two opening books that are included.

My error so disturbs you for the amount of time you supposedly wasted even
though I did give you the correct move order in a post to you which you probably
never even read thoroughly. Yes, I did give you the correct move order! However,
you were too busy wanting to prove me wrong to even see that. By the way, your
practice of deleting much of my post when replying is very deceptive indeed. You
did that quite a bit I must say.
>
Okay, Steve, I caused you so much grief, but ChessBase is absolutely perfect in
putting a product on the market with enough confusion and time wasted by
consumers that it doesn't bother you much at all - right? I mean you still work
for them, right? You haven't quit trying to explain all the problems associated
with Hiarcs. But that jerk Mel who once posted a f6 instead of fxg6...well...you
won't even look at his posting of moves ever again. Yes, we are all perfect just
like ChessBase. Have you ever been wrong? If so, should anyone ever listen to
you again?

Mel
>-- Steve Lopez



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