Author: Derrick Daniels
Date: 00:29:50 08/30/01
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On August 29, 2001 at 17:39:43, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On August 29, 2001 at 14:36:18, Lonnie Cook wrote: > >>On August 29, 2001 at 11:44:05, Ritter Rost wrote: >> >>>On August 29, 2001 at 05:02:29, Derrick Daniels wrote: >>> >>>>On August 29, 2001 at 03:34:11, Sergei Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>>I see Ferret got good results during the championship. >>>>>Is Ferret the new name of an old program like Quest is the new name of Fritz ? >>>>>If Ferret is a new program, where is can you download it or order the CD ? >>>> >>>> >>>>Ferret is a very good Program, but I am afraid it has been surpassed, the >>>>driving force of capitalism, has created the incentive for commercial >>>>programmers do leave ferret in the dust, this was clearly demonstrated at the >>>>last computer chess championship. Where money is not the driving force, there is >>>>little progress, human nature i believe. >> >>First off I am not knocking Bruce's program at all. I do not even want to touch >>the statements made as to show it in a bad light ... >> >>BUT >> >>I think there is a lot of truth here in these two statements,"Where money is not >>the driving force, there is little progress, human nature i believe." > >Not at all! >Look at the basic sciences for instance. The money is not the driving force >and most the modern society is built upon those, even if you don't >know it. >Look at Hyatt's post describing the era of computer chess when there was a >scientific (academic) interest in computer chess. The advances were huge. > >In fact, I would say the opposite is closer to the truth. When money >enters in the equation there is a good chance that the creativity might >be limited in one way or another. An idea or project may be good but it is >cut off for reasons not related entirely to the subject. > >When money is the driving force, optimization has the best chance. But >optimization is not the only way of progress... > >Regards, >Miguel > > Look at the Deep blue kasparov match, the developement of Deep blue itself was probally rooted in Money. > > >>and the other statement, "...the driving force of captilalism, has created the >>incentive for commercial programmers ..." >> >>unfortunately in my opinion this is true. >> >>How many programmers would push it that one extra week for the love of the code >> >>OR >> >>push it for a healthy paycheck >> >>as William Wordsworth wrote, >> >>"If his own eyes play false with him, these freaks >> Of fancy shall be quickly tamed by mine; >> The goal is reached. My Master shall become >> A shadow of myself--made by myself." >> >> >> >> >> >>> >>>Whittington lives!
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