Author: george petty
Date: 15:49:55 01/18/00
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On January 18, 2000 at 17:22:35, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >On January 18, 2000 at 15:35:06, george petty wrote: > >> >> Tom, I think there still too many open questions out there that we do not know >> the answers to yet. Now do you really think he is a idiot (and a jerk)? You >> being a programmer, and having a top program, do you think some of his logic >> could have some possibilty, that something fishy may have occured? Right now >> I don't know, and I question, what do we know are the real facts, not opinions. >> I still think if I.B.M. had came out with the printouts first, there would not >> be so much distrust of I.B.M. or Kasparov having any grounds to cry. Just a >> thought. But to keep an open mind and watch. I think the TRUTH will come out >> sometime with all these outstanding minds, looking everything so close. > >I'm not saying the DB team didn't cheat. I doubt they did, but it's obviously >possible. I think it is a little suspect that IBM wasn't open with DB's logs. I >can't see how it could have hurt them, but they probably had their reasons. >Regardless, not releasing the logs is NOT proof that they cheated. TRUE! but it sure made it suspect, and allows a lot questions for us to seek plausible answers. > >What I am saying is that GK is a jerk for accusing them of cheating. True if he is wrong, but if he is right, different story. The fact >is, GK has no clue how chess programs work. Do you know Kasparov? Also, do you know for a FACT that he does not know or have a clue how chess programs work? I know that several GM's and others have excellent knowledge of computers. So Whose opinion does carry weight. George His opinions have absolutely no >value, so he is in NO position to make the accusations that he did. > >-Tom
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