Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 04:55:47 02/19/00
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On February 19, 2000 at 07:28:30, Martin wrote: >On February 18, 2000 at 16:58:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 18, 2000 at 09:32:07, Martin wrote: >> >>>On February 18, 2000 at 08:16:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>[snip] >>>> >>>>Then answer this: Had Kasparov been unable to connect against Adams, what >>>>would have happened? OK. Suppose it wasn't Kasparov. Suppose it was some >>>>lesser GM against Adams. And _he_ couldn't connect because his ISP had been >>>>attacked by one of these denial-of-service attacks? And after you answer both >>>>of those, why is your answer different for Deep Junior, which is _obviously_ >>>>will be. I think _that_ is the thing most of us simply "don't get"... >>>> >>> >>>"Would you like to be handled the same way as a machine?" Maybe this is the >>>question 'most of us' should ask themselves... >>> >>>Martin >> >> >>In a tournament where the machine and I pay the same entry fee? Yes. > >Hmm, so the money dictates the attitude? Maybe I'm just too romantic... When you ask "Would you like to be handled the same way as a machine?", you forget that Amir and Shay are persons too. A less emotional point: a participant, man or machine, is a participant with equal rights. I have little doubts that the forced forfeit of Deep Junior has distorted, even ruined, the Grand Prix. Enrique
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