Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:37:56 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 11:57:36, Alberto Rezza wrote: >On October 12, 1999 at 09:13:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>how would it make them "smaller" to correct a statement that was made in >>error by someone else? The web-based DB Junior is nothing like the real >>DB Junior. I think they were perfectly within proper bounds to make that >>clear... > >As Dan said, >>If they will not play again they should keep quiet. > >And what is it that they said? They said: >>(..) or Ed Schröder has misused this opportunity at will, to make false >advertisement for his program. > >This is not very far from calling Ed a liar. And it does make them very, very >much smaller. All this after showing something that had "DBJ" written on it, >then when it loses saying that it was not the real DBJ. > >It seems very likely that there were no falsities in the whole story, only >misunderstandings. But these misunderstanding are caused by the DB team and >their whole attitude of secrecy. This would not happen if they were more open >about DB, and if they let it play - or at least if, whey they show a DB box, >they were kind enough to say what it is and what it is not. I disagree there. Initially, it was a misunderstanding. I corrected that right here in CCC. To continue to claim that they beat "Deep Blue Junior" _after_ having it explained was a bad idea. Because Hsu knows what goes on here. He saw the original post, he saw my response, and then he saw no effort to retract the claim. It should have been retracted, IMHO. It was wrong. totally wrong. And after having it pointed out, what reason would there be to keep making it? > >Ed certainly cannot be blamed. The DB team should be ashamed of what they said. > >Alberto Baloney. They should be ashamed for correcting an obviously incorrect statement, one that had been fully explained by me already? Someone calls you "nothing but a waterboy for the local college football team..." I come along and say "Not true, I happen to know that he is a programmer for ... company" and the waterboy claim isn't retracted. Would _you_ respond to set the record straight, or just 'let it stand"??? I'd respond, were it me. Hsu did...
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