Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 07:17:08 07/14/04
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On July 14, 2004 at 02:33:26, Uri Blass wrote: >On July 14, 2004 at 01:27:59, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>Then it wouldn't be boxing, would it. Your analogy is completely bogus. >> >>Look, man. A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP is the big league. Not some bush league >>desktop computer event. This is where we expect to see the biggest hardware and >>the best software. You can't get the best computer chess in the world if you >>limit the hardware. It neutralizes the title of the event. You expect the >>CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WHOLE EARTH to have the biggest and meanest computer chess >>playing systems that can be assembled. > >If this is your expectation then you can be disappointed because the last 4 >programs even did not use a fast single processor machine and only used a slow >Pentium4 2.8 ghz. > >Deep Sjeng also did not use more than one processor inspite of the fact that the >program is capable of doing it. This is perfectlly fine. Single CPU systems which are expertly programmed still can score the upsets and win big games. But we expect bigger hardware systems for stronger chess, which we got. And at least one program can run on HUGE hardware, but did not. I see this whole line of bogus reasoning as whining, because people know that if a certain program shows up next year, it will likely have the biggest hardware. Anyone not directly involved with another engine wants to see that, because the strongest, fastest, deepest searching engine is what we all want to see. Those who have their own engines to enter don't want that for obvious reasons. So they start whining early and often. Very childish, IMO. Remember, the first WCCCs all ran on the biggest hardware available. All of us "disinterested" computer chess enthusiasts want to see that again. We don't want the WCCC to cater to whiners on small hardware. We want the best of the best, the strongest of the strongest. It is basic intellectual curiosity. If you are into computer chess for any other reason, then I personally don't care if you enter or not. The human world championship does not cater to those with weaker grey cells. Neither should the computer championship. > > If you can't figure that out, then you >>have a problem. >> >>Stop trying to dumb down the event just so your little one-CPU program will have >>a chance. If you can't play in the big league, then just get out. > >David Omid did not suggest to dumb down the event and as far as I understand he >already have a program to support more than one processor but did not have the >right hardware. > >Uri
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