Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:16:25 01/20/02
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On January 20, 2002 at 07:33:57, Albert Silver wrote: >On January 20, 2002 at 06:18:26, Hans van der Zijden wrote: > >>Star Trek plays roughly 350 years in the future. Given that computers double >>there speed every 18 months, double speed gives 50 extra elopoints and there are >>233 18 months periods in 350 years, then logic dictates that Data has 233*50 elo >>more than the rating computers have now. So I would say Data has a rating of +/- >>14000 :-). >> >>Hans. > >Another way of approaching those numbers of yours is this: Given that computers >double there speed every 18 months, double speed gives about one extra ply, and A typical EBF today is about 3 rather than 2, so a tripling of speed is needed to add 1 ply of depth. >there are 233 18-month periods in 350 years, then logic dictates that Data can >calculate roughly 233 plies deeper than today's computers. Might as well say he >has chess solved. :-) > > Albert
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