Author: robert michelena
Date: 14:30:14 12/16/99
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Doesnt fly. Your analogy of racing cars is not valid. A more logical analogy would be the example a few years back of scientists who claimed they could produce cold fusion, under laboratory conditions. Most scientist who tried to replicate the experiments failed. Several years later, even though the overwhelming majority of scientists cannot replicate the cold fusion results, there are some who still defend the validity of those who claimed they could do so. Even though the only body in the solar system which can do this is the sun. That being a fact of science, there were still does who believed what some people said. The same analogy holds true, with respect to computer programs. If you want to continue believing that a program which can beat Kasparov, or draw Karpov (Fritz and Shredder) can lose to non-gms on an occasional basis, while playing on their strongest settings, then by all means, continue to do so. However, like the lonely scientist who stated that the world is indeed round, and not square, as all those around him cried, I will continue to state what I consider to be a fundamental truth: non grandmasters cannot beat commercial programs at their strongest settings. The world is round.
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