Author: walter irvin
Date: 19:48:45 09/29/99
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On September 29, 1999 at 04:42:05, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On September 29, 1999 at 04:24:58, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>If CM6000 is on the top of the SSDF then the SSDF is accurate. If CM6000 is in >>fifth place and it played against opponents one hundred points weaker than the >>top four programs did and obtained a lower winning percentage then the SSDF is >>unreliable. >> >>Sounds like sour grapes to me.... >> >>Get over it, CMxxxx will be far superior to CM6000 even if CM7000 is not >>CMxxxx. >> >>I too am disappointed with Mindscape for not providing us with a stronger and >>better upgrade. That is why most of us go for programs that give us database >>and learning features in addition to strong play. > >This was not a CM6000 post, but in clearly shows the point I am trying to make. > >I wish people when thinking about the strength of CM6000 think about the engine >is which is what is being tested and not the interface and features. > >I wonder how many people would have complained if Johann went to WCCC99 and took >it out. I suspect that people would still be making comparisons about features >of the interface. > >Not sour grapes, the King Engine is what is important, and that is what I push, >if you ever read any of my posts, you do not see me pushing the interface as >being superior it is the strength of the engine. > >That is the main problem with CM6K, some people seem to relate the interface to >the strength of a engine, that is just stupid. > >Either way this has nothing to do with what I posted. Better still take your >favorite program and run it on the fastest hardware and more than likely it will >always be on top, no different from doing it with one program to doing it with >four. > >Why not give CM6K and OTHER programs the chance before you say that I have sour >grapes. > >Like having the fastest men run the 100 meters and not allowing them to enter a >race. i like the idea of putting ALL the programs in the same bag and telling them to sink or swim .no special advantages , no nothing . but that aint gonna happen .some program is always going to get slighted .so all i can say is the ssdf list is very accurate and very incomplete . but in reality it is just a reference guide .i mean if you see a program rated only at 90 mhz ,you should realize that it would be rated much higher at 500 mhz .if you have a 500 mhz or better and are useing a top 10 program you will be very very very close to the top of ssdf in power anyway .
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