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Subject: Re: I will not buy Zappa and Sjeng

Author: Gabor Szots

Date: 10:05:53 09/07/05

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On September 07, 2005 at 12:38:37, Rolf Tueschen wrote:

>On September 07, 2005 at 06:31:25, Gabor Szots wrote:
>
>>>The nonsense that he said is not about UCI
>>>
>>>I will give you an example to nonsense that he said few years ago against Crafty
>>>when he said that it is weaker than the weakest participant in WCCC and has
>>>rating of 1800
>>>
>>>see http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=339236
>>>
>>>There are clearly worse things that he said in the past.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>The things he wrote may have been utter nonsense in some cases but he also had
>>right views several times. True he often indulged in exaggerations and behaved
>>like a child but I never noticed malevolence from his part. Just to the
>>contrary, he has always been helpful and open to share his ideas. I think he was
>>handicapped by the fact that people here often show overrespect towards Rober
>>Hyatt and were biased against Vincent whatever the case may have been. Surely he
>>could not bear it, that may have been the reason why he so often overreacted.
>>
>>That is my view. Of course, he did a disservice to himself, but I don't find the
>>things he said a well-founded reason not to buy from him.
>>
>>It is quality that counts. Many people buy from chessbase although the service
>>they provide is shameful and their ignorance is annoying (I have read it here
>>several times, there is no debate about it). Let's see what Vincent can provide
>>and disregard him when it turns out that he sells crap.
>>
>>Gábor
>
>
>Dude,
>you cannot change history. Before you are making such statements you should at
>first and at least know history. What your Vincent had openly uttered in Bob's
>direction that is in neighborhood of "crime", I mean, it's not just opinion. He
>said, probably out of normal mind, that Bob, an academic guy, would have -
>intentiously! - faked and cheated his own test results; it was in the topic
>about gaining through N numbers of parallel processors. That is, believe me,
>even worse as if he had accused Bob of child abuse, you know. This short example
>hopefully shows you how completely wrong you were with your rescury action.
>
>NB that cheating results and data as such is the end of the existence of
>academics.


I did not know that. Still, those times are over (I hope). And it is not Robert
Hyatt who said he would not buy from "my" Vincent.

Dude



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