🚀 go-pugleaf

Computers do not play the endgame with
impeccable technique. Only the very simple
endgames are played well.

Regards

Terry Bean

CCCage <cccage@anonymous.to> wrote in message
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> <tsmiller2@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> >
> > > Don't you chaps here feel sorrow for the poor sod who wrote
> all this
> > crap!
> > > What a waste of talent eh?
> > >
> > > Absolute waste of time, talent and energy to prove...?  Pity!
> Pity!
> > Pity!
> >
> > I feel a lot of pity for the number of man-hours (probably
> man-years by
> > this point) that chess server folks have spent trying to detect
> and
> > "brand" cheaters as such.  Probably the same types that in
> fifth grade
> > would wave their hands madly in the air - "Teacher! Teacher!" -
> when
> > they saw little Johnny take a glimpse at their math exam.
>
> This is a rather rude analogy.....would you say the same about
> private detectives, policeman, FBI, CIA, Scotland Yard, tax
> auditors and the list goes on.  Having the ability and/or desire
> to investigate 'in your opinion' is not appropriate, but 'others
> opinions' may not be the same as yours !!
>
> > They love
> > exposing cheats - for whatever that's worth.  Very little in
> this
> > case.  I can only imagine them lying in bed at night, counting
> the
> > hours of their lives they spent furiously analyzing someone's
> online
> > play, hours they could have spent with their families, learning
> new
> > things, building that deck out back, traveling to wonderful
> places, etc.
> >
> >     No one wins any money by cheating.  Only rating points -
> which mean
> > nothing - especially in cyberspace.  This whole argument reeks
> of
> > people whose imagined worth is tied to some meaningless rating
> on a
> > chess server.  If cheating bothers you so much, play in real
> > tournaments where you can watch your opponents.  Otherwise, let
> the
> > cheaters get their jollies, however meaningless those jollies
> may be.
> > There are cheaters now, just like there were five years ago,
> yet the
> > servers are alive and well.
>
> Many Many people do not hold your point of view, I am beginning
> to think that you are particularly negative in your thinking,
> generally speaking.
>
> Regards,
>
> CCCage
>
> >
> >
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> > Before you buy.
>
>