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Subject: Re: I discussed the Question about Chess being solved

Author: gerold daniels

Date: 16:14:47 01/18/05

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On January 18, 2005 at 18:29:46, chandler yergin wrote:

>with this guy in 1998...
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>I'll take his answer over yours any day!
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>"CHESS CANNOT BE SOLVED BY COMPUTERS!"
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>He's a Chess Player too..
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>Wanna Disagree?
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>Curriculum Vitae
>THOMAS L. BOHAN, Ph.D., J.D.
>
>
>EDUCATION
>
>ACADEMIC DEGREES
>
>J.D. Franklin Pierce Law Center, 1980
>Ph.D. College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 1968
>M.S. College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 1964
>B.S. University of Chicago, 1960
>
>
>
>LEGAL EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE
>
>1982-present Bohan, Mathers & Associates
>Portland, Maine
>(an intellectual property law firm)
>1980-82 SUNENBLICK, FONTAINE, AND REBEN
>Portland, Maine
>1980 Law Office of STEPHEN TOBER, ESQ.
>Portsmouth, New Hampshire
>
>
>BAR MEMBERSHIPS
>
>Supreme Court of the United States (Admitted to practice, 1996)
>Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Admitted to practice, 1995)
>Federal Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (Admitted to practice, 1992)
>Federal District Court, District of Massachusetts (Admitted to practice, 1991)
>Federal District Court, District of Maine (Admitted to practice, 1980)
>Maine State Bar (Admitted to practice, 1980)
>Massachusetts State Bar (Admitted to practice, 1980)
>U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (Admitted to practice, 1980)
>
>
>
>
>EXPERIENCE IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE
>
>1982-present DIRECTOR, MEDICAL & TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS, Portland, Maine:
>Forensic science consultants.
>1986-92 PARTNER, WBA, Portland, Maine: Safety consultants.
>1975-82 FORENSIC CONSULTANT, part-time private practice, Maine and New
>Hampshire.
>1969-76 PROFESSOR OT PHYSICS, BOWDOIN COLLEGE, Brunswick, Maine
>1972-74 VISITING PHYSICS PROFESSOR, SAN MARCOS UNIVERSITY, Lima, Peru
>1972-74 VISITING PHYSICS PROFESSOR, CAYETANO HEREDIA MEDICAL SCHOOL, Lima, Peru
>1962-69 COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA
> 1968-69 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE-SENIOR FACULTY, Physics Department/Materials
>Research Laboratory
> 1965-68 RESEARCH ASSISTANT/TEACHING ASSISTANT, Physics Department
> 1962-65 RESEARCH ASSISTANT, Electrical Engineering Department/Semiconductor
>Laboratory
>1960-62 RESEARCH PHYSICIST, FANSTEEL METALLURGICAL CORP., North Chicago,
>Illinois
>1957-60 U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LABORATORY
>(CRREL), Hanover, NH (Previously Snow, Ice, and Permafrost Research
>Establishment (SIPRE) of Evanston, Illinois)
> 1959-60 PROJECT DIRECTOR
> 1957-59 TECHNICAL ASSISTANT
>1957-59 TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Dept of Meteorology,
>Electron Microscope Laboratory
>
>
>Continuing Education
>
>Biomechanics of Impact Trauma, Association for the Advancement of Automotive
>Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
>Sensor Design For Automobile Air Bag Systems, Society of Automotive Engineers,
>Troy, Michigan
>EDC Simulations, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
>Photogrammetry Workshop, Dearborn, Michigan
>Electrical Engineering Review Course, University of Southern Maine, Portland,
>Maine
>Use of Microcomputers in Accident Reconstruction, Northwestern University
>Traffic Institute, Evanston, Illinois
>Use of Photography in Accident Investigation, Northwestern University Traffic
>Institute, Evanston, Illinois
>Vehicular Homicide and DWI, Northwestern University Traffic Institute, Chicago,
>Illinois
>Advanced Study Institute on Paramagnetic Defects, NATO Advanced Study Institute
>in Physics, Ghent, BELGIUM
>
>
>
>PUBLICATIONS
>
>Refereed Journal Articles
>
>"The Case Against Daubert: The New Scientific Evidence 'Standard' and the
>Standards of the Several States", Thomas L. Bohan and Erik J. Heels, Journal of
>Forensic Sciences, 40, 6, 1995.
>
>"Analysis of Low-Spin ESR Spectra of Ferric Heme Proteins: A Re-examination",
>Thomas L. Bohan, Journal of Magnetic Resonance 26, 109 (1977).
>
>"Concentration-Dependent Orbach Relaxation Rates in Nd-Doped Lanthanum Mag-
>nesium Nitrate", G.H. Cristea, T.L. Bohan, And H.J. Stapleton, Physical Review
>B4, 2081 (1971).
>
>"Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrum at 77 K of Lyophilized and Frozen
>Solutions of Horse Heart Ferricytochrome c", R.A. Morton and T.L. Bohan,
>Canadian Journal of Biochemistry 49, 328 (1971).
>
>"Temperature and Magnetic Field Dependence of the Spin-Lattice Relaxation Rates
>for Er3+, Tb3+, and Pr3+ in Anhydrous LaCl3", Thomas L. Bohan and H.J.
>Stapleton, Physical Review 183, 385 (1969).
>
>"Combined 3He Cryostat and Pulsed ESR Spectrometer", Thomas L. Bohan and H.J.
>Stapleton, Review of Scientific Instruments 39, 1707 (1968).
>
>Newspaper Articles and Published Conference Proceedings
>
>"Computer-Generated Animations: Getting them in, Keeping them out", Thomas L.
>Bohan, Maine LAWYERS REVIEW, June 7, 1995.
>
>"Forensic Scientific Evidence and Testimony in the Courtroom: American Academy
>of Forensic Sciences, Plenary Session Proceedings, February 15, 1995", Stephen
>A. Brunette, Bert Black, James E. Starrs, Cyril H. Wecht, Thomas L. Bohan,
>William W. Schwarzer, Henry C. Lee, John J. Nordby, Shepards' Expert And
>Scientific Evidence Quarterly, 2, No. 3, Winter 1995.
>
>"The Performance Audit: Minimizing Software Liability (Part II)", Thomas L.
>Bohan, IDEA 29, 135-152 (1988), talk and discussion arising from my appearance
>at a conference at MIT in January, 1988, and entitled LIABILITY FOR IMPERFECT
>SOFTWARE.
>
>"EPR in Heme Proteins", Thomas L. Bohan, Proceedings of First Latin American
>Symposium on Magnetic Resonance (1973), Universidad Nacional de Ing‚nier¡a,
>Lima, PERU.
>
>Books and Book Contributions
>
>"The Intelligent Lawyer's Guide to Evaluating Accident Reconstructionists and
>Forensic Experts", by Thomas L. Bohan, Chapter 10 of FORENSIC ACCIDENT
>INVESTIGATION: Motor Vehicles -- 2, Lexis Law Publishing (formerly Michie),
>Charlottesville, Virginia, 1997.
>
>FORENSIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: Motor Vehicles -- 2, Thomas L. Bohan, editor,
>Lexis Law Publishing (formerly Michie), Charlottesville, Virginia, 1997, 800
>pages. Volume 2 of a series of books on forensic science.
>
>"Computer-Generated Images (CGI): An Introduction to the use of Forensic
>Animations and Simulations", by Thomas L. Bohan, Chapter 9 of FORENSIC ACCIDENT
>INVESTIGATION: Motor Vehicles, Michie-Butterworth, Charlottesville, VA, 1995.
>
>FORENSIC ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION: Motor Vehicles, Thomas L. Bohan and Arthur C.
>Damask, editors, Michie-Butterworth, Charlottesville, VA, 1995, 600 pages.
>Volume 1 of a series of books on forensic science.
>
>"Computer-Aided Accident Reconstruction: Its Role in Court", Thomas L. Bohan,
>SAE Paper 910370, prepared for the 1991 Annual Congress of SAE, Detroit, and
>published in ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION: Technology and Animation, Society of
>Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA, 1991.
>
>Talks Presented
>
>"Forensic Physics: What it is and how one prepares to do it.", Thomas L. Bohan,
>delivered by Thomas L. Bohan, delivered at Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, March,
>1998, under the auspices of the American Institute of Physics Speakers Program.
>
>"Daubert three years later: Does the bitter outweigh the sweet? Is there any
>sweet?", Thomas L. Bohan and Erik J. Heels, delivered by Thomas L. Bohan,
>February, 1997, at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic
>Sciences, New York, NY.
>
>"The Forensic Investigator as Hero, as Goat: Richard P. Feynman's Challenger
>Probe and Other Adventures and Misadventures in Accident Reconstruction", Thomas
>L. Bohan, delivered at the FIFTH ANNUAL EXPERT WITNESS AND LITIGATION SEMINAR,
>Hyannis, MA, June 20-21,1996.
>
>"The Use of Yaw Marks to Determine Speed: Police Reconstructionists vs Engineer
>Reconstructionists", ibid.
>
>"Cornering Marks From Vehicles With Anti-Lock Brakes Applied: Will 'Critical
>Speed' Calculations Mean Anything?", Thomas L. Bohan and Sgt. James Gassman of
>the NH State Police, Delivered February, 1995, at the 47th Annual Meeting of
>American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA.
>
>"The U.S. Supreme Court's New Scientific Evidence 'Standard' Every Judge a
>Scientist", Thomas L. Bohan and Erik J. Heels, delivered February, 1994, at 46th
>Annual Meeting of American Academy of Forensic Sciences, San Antonio, TX.
>
>"The Final Run of Bus #1000: Bizarre Mechanical Failure Passed on to Public as
>Operator Heart Failure", Thomas L. Bohan, delivered February, 1992, at 44th
>Annual Meeting of American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans LA.
>
>"Comments on why the question How Hard did it Hit? is usually unanswerable
>without first answering the question How Long did it Hit? and a Couple of
>Experimental Suggestions for Working around Operational Fracture-Force
>Standards", Thomas L. Bohan, delivered February, 1992, at 44th Annual Meeting of
>American Academy of Forensic Sciences, New Orleans, LA.
>
>"Field Test of Critical Speed Scuff Formula : Sideslip Initiation Speed as a
>Function of Vehicle Trajectory and Steering Input", Thomas L. Bohan and Marshal
>H. Paulo, delivered February, 1991, at 43rd Annual Meeting of American Academy
>of Forensic Sciences, Anaheim, CA.
>
>"Misuse of Critical Speed Scuff Formula: Underlying Physics, Instructional
>Roots, and Suggested Remedies", Thomas L. Bohan and Charles W. Smith, delivered
>February, 1990, at 42nd Annual Meeting of American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
>Cincinnati, OH.
>
>"Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis By Federal Agencies in Decisions involving
>Morbidity and Mortality", Thomas L. Bohan, delivered February, 1978, at AAAS
>Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.
>In addition, the Bulletin of the American Physical Society (BAPS) has published
>abstracts of talks I delivered at American Physical Society meetings 1968-1975.
>
>
>
>PROFESSIONAL HONORS AND GRANTS
>
>
>Member-elect, Board of Directors, American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
>1998-1999.
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>Chairman, Engineering Science Section, American Academy of Forensic Sciences,
>1997-1998.
>
>Secretary and Chairman-Elect of the Engineering Science Section of the American
>Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1996-97
>
>Chair of American Academy of Forensic Sciences National Membership Drive,
>1995-98.
>
>Co-Chair of American Academy of Forensic Sciences National Membership Drive,
>1994-95.
>
>Chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the Maine State Bar Association,
>1994.
>
>Scientific Program Chair for the Engineering Sciences Section of American
>Academy of Forensic Sciences, 1993.
>
>Law, Science and Technology Fellowships awarded by Franklin Pierce Law Center,
>1977-79.
>
>Research grants from the American Heart Association to support biophysics
>research of myself and my students, 1970-76.
>
>Two-year research grant from The Research Corporation to support physics
>research of myself and my students, 1972-1974.
>
>Fulbright Professorships awarded by the U.S. Department of State, 1972 and 1973.
>
>Invitation to present to the 1st Latin American Symposium on Magnetic Resonance,
>Chosica, PERU, 1973, a one-hour review on magnetic resonance studies of
>biological molecules (q.v. supra)
>
>National Science Foundation/NATO grant to attend Advanced Study Institute on
>Paramagnetic Defects, Ghent, BELGIUM, 1967.
>
>Texas Instruments Fellowship in Semiconductor Research, University of
>Illinois-Urbana, 1965.
>
>
>
>MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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>American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 1989-present
>American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1968-present
>American Chemical Society 1989-present
>American Physical Society 1969-present
>American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) 1990-present
>Cumberland County (ME) Bar Association 1980-present
>Maine State Bar Association 1980-present
>Maine Trial Lawyers Association 1982-present
>National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1985-present
>National Association of Professional Accident Reconstruction Specialists
>(NAPARS) 1989-present
>Sigma Xi (National Honorary Scientific Fraternity) 1968-present
>Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) 1987-present
>Southwestern Association of Technical Accident Investigators (SATAI)
>1986-present
>
>
>CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS
>
>
>1996 SUMMER MEETING OF THE MAINE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Phippsburg, Maine, June
>14, 1996, Panelist on the program entitled "Internet Update: What Have You Done
>for Me Lately?"
>
>FIFTH ANNUAL EXPERT WITNESS AND LITIGATION SEMINAR, Hyannis, MA, June 20 and 21,
>1996.
>
>1996 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MAINE STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, Bangor, Maine, January
>26, 1996, Presentation: Computer Generated Forensic Movies: Are They Good? Are
>They Too Good? to a session of the Continuing Judicial Education Program.
>
>EXPERT WITNESSES IN COMPLEX CASES: When only an expert will do, Maine State Bar
>Association Seminar, Augusta, Maine, September 23, 1994.
>
>ANNUAL MEETING OF NORTHEASTERN ADJUSTORS OF FARM FAMILY INSURANCE COMPANY,
>Augusta, Maine, August 8, 1994.
>
>48TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY, Portland, Maine, June, 1994.
>
>ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION SYMPOSIUM, Under Auspices of the New Hampshire
>Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Manchester, NH,
>September, 1992.
>
>INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SEMINARS: PATENT, COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARK, Under Auspices of
>University of Southern Maine Continuing Business Education Program, Lewiston and
>Portland, Maine, Spring, 1990.
>
>PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN RISK MANAGEMENT: ETHICS, SCIENCE & LAW, Sponsored by the
>Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), the NH Humanities
>Council, and Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, October, 1988.
>
>COMPUTER SOFTWARE LITIGATION: PHASE II, Session at Annual Meeting of American
>Bar Association, Toronto, August, 1988.
>PRODUCTS LIABILITY AND IMPERFECT SOFTWARE, Sponsored by Massachusetts Institute
>of Technology and Franklin Pierce Law Center, Cambridge, MA January, 1988.
>(supra)
>
>PREPARATION OF AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CASE WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON ACCIDENT
>RECONSTRUCTION, Sponsored by New Hampshire Trial Lawyers Association and
>Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, 1987.
>
>ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION SEMINAR, Sponsored and Organized by Medical & Technical
>Consultants, Portland, Maine, 1986.
>
>SYMPOSIUM ON POLICE RADAR, Sponsored and Organized by Medical & Technical
>Consultants, Portland, Maine, 1982.
>
>1ST LATIN AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE, Chosica, PERU 1973. (q.v.
>supra)
>
>
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>OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
>
>
>MEMBER of ASTM Committee E30 on Forensic Science Investigation Standards and in
>particular of Sub-committee E30.05 on Engineering Sciences Standards.
>
>TRANSLATOR of Russian Physics Articles for Plenum Press (1965-68).
>
>TEST WRITER for American College Testing (ACT)(1976-77).
>
>PAST MEMBER of American Meteorological Society and New York Academy of Sciences.
>
>
> Bohan, Mathers & Associates, LLC, Portland, Maine
>
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>You also dispute Dr. John Nunn?
>
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>You're suckin Hind Tit here.
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>STOP YOUR CRAP HYATT!
>
>Oh, also, an old 'friend' ???
>
>Max Burkett, told me to tell you..
>
>"Go Suck an EGG!",
>and he said I could Quote him!
>
>Bye Bye...
>CY

all the degrees in the world will not help in this case.

gerold.



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