Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 15:36:51 12/21/01
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On December 21, 2001 at 17:22:04, Ed Schröder wrote:
>On December 21, 2001 at 12:12:38, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On December 21, 2001 at 05:30:32, David Rasmussen wrote:
>>
>>>On December 20, 2001 at 21:17:40, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 20, 2001 at 17:56:17, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I can't think of a reason why commercial programmers would have an edge over
>>>>>amateurs when coming up with good ideas/techniques.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's possible that, due to the amount of effort they can spend, commercial
>>>>>programmers have/test more ideas, and that's what accounts for the strength
>>>>>difference between commercials and amateurs.
>>>>>
>>>>>It seems likely, statistically speaking, that any good idea being used in a
>>>>>commercial program can also be found in an amateur program somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>>-Tom
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I agree totally with you. Yesterday I was an amateur, and I'm not different
>>>>today.
>>>>
>>>>I'm no genius.
>>>>
>>>>What makes the difference in the end is the amount of time one is ready to spend
>>>>on his chess engine.
>>>>
>>>>I am spending 90% of my time since almost 10 years, and before that I had
>>>>already spend a fraction of my time on it since 1981/1982.
>>>>
>>>>That's all.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Christophe
>>>
>>>Didn't you just say the opposite elsewhere in the thread? That talent was at
>>>least as important as resources (time and money => more testing etc.)?
>>
>>
>>
>>You need some talent, but that's not as important as time and energy, and the
>>number of people having the needed talent is greater than the number of top
>>programs out there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>
>My view:
>
>- Passion 40%
>- Time 20%
>- Talent 10%
>- Programming skills 10%
>- IQ 10%
>- Chess Knowledge 10%
>
>Ed
Something like that, but I would give IQ a better score. :)
Or I am just fooling myself? :)
Christophe
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