Author: Dan Ellwein
Date: 08:24:08 05/24/00
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On May 23, 2000 at 22:59:57, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 23, 2000 at 15:06:44, pete wrote: > >>On May 22, 2000 at 19:25:20, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On May 22, 2000 at 19:23:25, Christophe Theron wrote: >>> >>>>On May 22, 2000 at 16:03:20, pete wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 22, 2000 at 15:49:46, Jürgen Hartmann wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>After 13. f5 black is dicked, because all the eventual open lines are going to >>>>>>>>come at a time of white's choosing, and they will all favor white. After that >>>>>>>>move, black is the golf ball, it is teed up, and white is Tiger Woods. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>You have a knack for describing and explaining things very well. I'm not the >>>>>>>only one note this. Have you considered writing a book on computer chess? I >>>>>>>would certainly buy such a book. >>>>>> >>>>>>I'd also like to out myself as Bruce Moreland fan. So here is buyer No. 2 for >>>>>>the book. >>>>>> >>>>>>Jürgen. >>>>> >>>>>Let's create a Bruce Moreland fan club ; was my favourite moderator , is my >>>>>favourite poster ( probably the only one I read all messages of ) . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>I agree. I always read Bruce's posts carefully. I wish I could explain things as >>>>clearly myself! >>>> >>>> >>>> Christophe >>> >>> >>> >>>To be honest I would like to add that I think Bob is also very good at >>>explaining technical things clearly. >>> >>> >>> >>> Christophe >> >>sure and completely agreed on. I learned much from Bob Hyatt's posts ! >> >>but it requires _way_ more effort in filtering ;-) >> >>Who wants to read _another_ thread about a human-computer match in 1987 (!!! ) ? >> >>Also "Been there , done that !" will not _always_ be the thing you want to read >>;-) >> >>And the kind of most useless threads is two programmers fighting some useless >>fights when you always will think : " Hey , if you had put all that time in your >>program yours would have become completely unbeatable up to now ..." :-) > > > >That's what I think sometimes. I say to myself: "why am I once again spending 10 >minutes in this discussion?". > > > > >>I still wonder why in computerchess programmers keep fighting each other that >>much ; if you compair with Linux , Unix or Perl newsgroups where I am competent >>enough to follow it is a most remarkable difference > > > >I don't understand why you wonder. It is obvious that people who are spending >most of their time working on something as futile as chess programs are >completely nuts. > >So everything is possible. > >I think the same happens in the world of Linux developpers, but the fights are >not so visible maybe. > > > > >>Hint : something like the "years behind" thread ... >> >>What about all the Hardware or not Hardware threats ?? >> >>There was a recent post by PeterMcKenzie that was quite convincing ;-) >> >>But calling for filter functions will always sound like censorship ... >> >>Will I be moderated for this one ? If yes , it is ok by me :-) ! > > > >You should not be moderated. What you say is true. But it will not stop. > >If human beings were reasonnable, they would not try to make computer play >chess, and they would not spend so much resources just to land on the moon. > >I think the human race is intrinsically insane. We give ourself goals that are >not simply related to food and reproduction. Sometimes our "artificial" goals >take priority over the most basic ones, which is very dangerous. > >We are insane, and we should know it. It will help to control this madness, and >turn this problem it into our ultimate strength. We should not feel guilty of >our insanity, it's just how we are. We should realize this as a fact, and things >will be easier then. reminds me of the passage that says... Ecclesiastes 7:29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. :) pilgrimdan > > > Christophe
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