I can work from my phone somewhat, but it's not easy. I really need my computer and internet back.A question out of curiosity: Can you go to work normally or is that impossible for some reason?
I can work from my phone somewhat, but it's not easy. I really need my computer and internet back.A question out of curiosity: Can you go to work normally or is that impossible for some reason?
My insurance company is sending a contractor to tarp the roof. They contacted me today and said they should be here tomorrow or Friday at the latest. Thankfully, it's been clear skies since the hurricane ended.Small steps back to civilisation. Did you manage to source a tarpolin or rig something up to prevent further damage to your home?
The plot thickens...The fish fraudsters can loan their anti-cheat x-ray machines to the chess players who are accusing each other of unusual tactics for cheating. Chess cheating
Using computers, which now handily outplay humans. For online games that's obviously easy, but for real games people have used hidden earpieces, things strapped to their legs, and all sorts.Maybe I'm missing something obvious, but how does one cheat in chess? I don't quite understand what it is exactly that they're being accused of.
Sometimes one bit of information in certain situations can be enough to give you an advantage in said situations. For example, if you opponent offers a draw, it would be good to know, whether you should do that or if you have a good chance to win, if you don't. An accomplice in the audience, who gets this info from a chess computer, could signal this bit by moving to another position in the room, for example, or by a gesture. Another bit would be: In the actual position you have a chance to sacrifice a piece or not. Is it good to do so? Knowing this could be the deciding info in such situations. Edit: Obviously such things have really happened in the past.They also have signals from someone in the audience somehow apparently. But I don't fully understand it.
I find that a little far-fetched. If there is some surveillance personnel and a careful positioning of the audience, it should be enough to deter those attempts.1. No audience allowed.
2. Playing in a Faraday cage. Unfortunately that will not be enough, since the are also ways to transmit info e.g. by ultrasound and even without a receiver (allegedly there are ways to target such signal to a specific person, so they hear something as normal sound. I don't know, how exactly that works, but may be you send two ultrasonic signals from different directions, and their superposition in a very specific spot result in normal sound). So you need measures to prevent or detect all kinds of signals potentially usable for signaling.
3. You need to use a body scanner and let the players play naked or with clothes provided by the organizer of the tournament.
Awe c'mon, the concept of naked chess doesn't appeal to you?I find that a little far-fetched.
Of course it is far fetched. However, a computer in your shoe could give you signals by small electro-shocks used for morse code and you could give input by tapping with the foot.I find that a little far-fetched. If there is some surveillance personnel and a careful positioning of the audience, it should be enough to deter those attempts.
The ultrasonic signals seems right out of sci-fi. I see how it may work by constructive interference and modulation but with the wavelength of ultrasound and the precision one could get, there should be other nodes where this would be heard in the room. Then you'd have to need people at very precise location in the same room with the transmitting equipment because it would not get passed windows (not without losing the precision and the desired effect).
As for a computer in the shoe, I don't see that as being practical at all. The other player is right in front of you and you're on the clock, there's no easy way to do anything suspicious without being spotted by him or an arbiter. Cheaters may get lucky once in early rounds but they need it most at the end when all the focus is on them.
Awe c'mon, the concept of naked chess doesn't appeal to you?
Aye, those are great ideas! Actually I think I'll get back to playing chess. Now I only have to find a club where one can play naked and receive electroshocks.Of course it is far fetched. However, a computer in your shoe could give you signals by small electro-shocks used for morse code and you could give input by tapping with the foot.
Indeed, an accomplice could send inconspicuous messages to a Wear OS watch. I don't think it would have enough power to beat a grand master offline though, besides you'd need very high stealth skills to enter the move without being spotted (even just watching it would be difficult).Anyways, until now they were very lax with their security in tournaments, for example the player, who is now accused of cheating, could wear a wrist watch during the game. And my science fiction feeling tells me that it could be possible to build a computer into a wrist watch. May be I patent this idea? I could call it smart watch or something like that...
You cling to the standard input/output methods too much. A watch can give vibration signals and you can trigger it by moving your wrist slightly. Probably you could even use existing interfaces for that. In addition the game is televised online, also in the internet, so the watch can probably receive the moves directly from official transmission channels. I am also not sure about the computing power thing.Aye, those are great ideas! Actually I think I'll get back to playing chess. Now I only have to find a club where one can play naked and receive electroshocks.
Indeed, an accomplice could send inconspicuous messages to a Wear OS watch. I don't think it would have enough power to beat a grand master offline though, besides you'd need very high stealth skills to enter the move without being spotted (even just watching it would be difficult).