Author: James T. Walker
Date: 14:33:37 09/17/99
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On September 16, 1999 at 22:24:38, Laurence Chen wrote: >On September 15, 1999 at 16:29:48, eric guttenberg wrote: > >>Jim, >> >>You shouldn't be so bashful about your opinions. Next time, say what you mean. >> >>I think you 're right though. I am perfectly willing to believe in an upset >>when one comes along, but if the only posts regarding CSTal's outplaying >>H7.32 come from Thorsten then I am inclined to be skeptical. The other >>evidence clearly supports Hiarcs' superiority and to categorically dismiss >>multiple such match results by stating without proof that it is all cheating >>is not a convincing argument, to say the least. >> >>On top of that it does make one wonder about the reliability of the current >>match. >> >>eric >I believe that everyone is entitled to one's opinion. The problem is how valid >are the results posted by the people at this site? It's very easy for anyone >running computer vs computer to "fudge" the results, or to not include some >games so that the score will favour one engine over another. So as the reader >has a choice to believe or to discard the results posted. Unless there's a >closed and controlled testing without the possibility of biasing the results, >then any results posted by anyone can be considered to be false. >I would think that all the people who makes contribution to this site tries to >be honest with their results.... however, there's always that doubt....! :) >Just because one is not able to reproduce the move played by the engine does not >prove that the game did not happen. Your system may not be the same as the >system used by the tester. A computer is a computer is not identical. You may >have a pentium running with different hardware, video card, and another may have >the same pentium with a totally different hardware. And performance between >these two computers can be very different. Hello Laurence, You are quite correct of course. The problem with some people here is that they seem to be on a mission to prove a certain program is stronger than it really is. Most people here are just doing the games for a hobby and not trying to prove a certain engine is better than another. Sometimes we are surprised by the results we get, but we have to accept what happened. Jim Walker
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