Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:13:11 10/12/99
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On October 13, 1999 at 00:44:31, Manuel Rodriguez Blanco wrote: >On October 12, 1999 at 18:15:49, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On October 12, 1999 at 17:47:12, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On October 12, 1999 at 14:58:21, odell hall wrote: >>> >>>>I don't think Ed Was making any "Macho" statements at all, He was simply >>>>reporting the excellent results against what he Perceived to be Deepblue jr. I >>>>think anyone would have done the same thing, It was not his fault that deepblue >>>>Team misrepresnts a "fake" as the Real thing. Ed doesn't have EsP or Psychic >>>>abilities, he can only go by what he sees presented. Had ferret beat what you >>>>thought was deepblue, would you not comment about it??? I see nothing wrong >>>>personally in a person who is in "business" To use positive publicity, as long >>>>as this publicity is based on Fact. Ed Reported the Facts Accurately as far as >>>>he knew them. >>> >>>I haven't followed the thing with Ed, so I wasn't referring to Ed specifically, >>>I was referring to the general attitude of the whole microcomputer crowd, >>>including people in here who don't program but have their favorites, etc. >>> >>>Regarding DB Jr in Paderborn, the thing was running over the net on a machine >>>out in the lobby, and I believe that what happened is that a few people were >>>taking laptops out there. >>> >>>I was invited to do this by one of the other programmers, which was a very nice >>>offer, and I declined. >>> >>>The idea didn't appeal to me at the time, and I wasn't able to express at the >>>time why I didn't want to mess with the thing. It is still difficult for me to >>>say. >>> >>>I think that I would rather play their best version, or at least a version that >>>I can describe accurately after the game, rather than play some computer museum >>>dinky-ass lobby version. >>> >>>It would have been fun to play against it, but I don't think it would have >>>proven or disproven anything if my program had beaten it. I'm sure it could >>>have. If I could play it from here I would. But at the time I was having >>>mental health problems due to playing in a big tournament, and I just wanted to >>>email my family then leave to go get food and beer. >>> >>>bruce >> >>Your last paragraph makes me wonder if there is any sort of disciplinary action >>for a computer entrant if its operator is taking performance-enhancing drugs >>(e.g. aspirin or valium or something :-). >> >>Dave > >you make a mistake writing your name. is Dave GoMBIoc, is not it? >ok, ok, was only a joke in all this heat discucion, i dont agree with your >opinions but i respect it. > >Manuel Would someone care to enlighten me as to the meaning of "gombioc"? Email would be fine. My post was basically a reaction to my amusement from reading Bruce's comment about "mental health problems due to being in a big tournament". Of course, I know he's kidding, he means he was stressed by it. Dave
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