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Subject: Re: DB will never play with REBEL, they simple are afraid no to do well

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 23:26:32 10/12/99

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On October 13, 1999 at 01:41:18, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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It should have been retracted, IMHO.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

Totally.  I asked Jonathan if he would consider being active on CCC once, and he
looked at me like I was nuts.

Hmm... that was a while ago.  I might consider asking him again in a year or so.
:-)

Dave

>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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