Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:59:22 06/07/02
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On June 07, 2002 at 08:40:30, Marc van Hal wrote: >On June 06, 2002 at 20:14:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On June 06, 2002 at 16:25:01, Michael Vox wrote: >> >>>On June 06, 2002 at 10:10:12, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>When Nalimov 32 piece tbs come out someday, it will be over. This will >>>eventually happen with stronger hardware. At least every worthy line will be >>>saved to dbases. It will no longer be Crafty vs Junior, it will be Crafty dbase >>>vs Junior dbase. >>> >>>No point in discussing computer chess anymore once this level of technology and >>>dbases is hit. >> >> >>This will never happen, fortunately. Except in theoretical discussions. >>Practically, it is as good as impossible. > >Never say never there always is a chance that in the development new >technology's will make it possible >If it is not by hardware it could be by new ways of creating the table bases. >Because it is theoretcaly possible, > >(which gives an edge torwards the people who make a study of time traveling >Or the brothers Wright when they finaly made an airplane which could fly) > > the chance that it will be practacly possible some day is prety big. > >In fact If you talk like this to your students way their moral will decrease! >And I think you agee with this. > >Regards Marc No... I resort to practicality in the class room. We can't even produce all the 6-man endings yet. And since each successive man exponentially increases the amount of work to be done, I don't feel bad saying that 32 piece endings will _never_ be done. Certainly not before the universe collapses and "big bangs" again which means we have to start all over from scratch. :)
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