Author: odell hall
Date: 11:39:25 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 13:37:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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It should have been retracted, IMHO.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... Let me ask this Dr. Hyatt ? Is there a Reason why Ed Schroeder Should Take your word for it that the Deepblue he played at paderborn Was not the "real Deepblue" ? Are you a member of the Deepblue Team? Or what is your special relationship To Deepblue? If I was Ed, I would want to hear this news from Someone that I Knew was a representative of Deepblue and therefore had inside information about it.
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