Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 22:41:18 10/12/99
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On October 12, 1999 at 20:22:50, Ed Schröder wrote: >On October 12, 1999 at 18:05:19, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 12, 1999 at 14:39:25, odell hall wrote: >> >>>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It should have been retracted, IMHO.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. >> >> >>Sure there is a good reason. I _specifically_ said I had asked Hsu what the >>"deep blue junior thing" at the WCCC really was. And I reported _exactly_ >>what Hsu responded to me with as an answer. >> >>I doubt you can get more 'inside' than that... especially when I _said_ that >>it had come from Hsu. I'm not generally known to make up things. My "special >>relationship" (if it can be called that) is that I ask them questions, sometimes >>they choose to answer. Sometimes they don't. >> >>Any more questions? > >This is not fair to Oden. I told you myself that I don't wanted information >from a second source. Such informations in cases like this ought to come from >the real source. > >Ed You could have emailed directly and asked. This info _did_ come from the real source, as is now completely obvious I would hope. Because _I_ did email him to ask about the thing in paderborn. And I promptly reported exactly what he replied as soon as I had time. The DB guys are not going to post here. They realize that they would spend all their time in a flame-fest, because they have seen it happen in r.g.c.c too many times. Schaeffer was a good case in point. Since they won't post here, and you don't want to take direct information relayed through a third party (me), it seems there is no way around this impasse.
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