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Subject: Re: Excellent Point!

Author: Swaminathan

Date: 19:55:32 10/26/05

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On October 26, 2005 at 09:56:39, Svein Bjørnar Myrvang wrote:

>Unless you're one of those freaks that enjoy that sort of ting, computer chess
>is definitely a waste of time.

but if you have interests and if it is hobby for you,then it would be more
productive[only if you spectate games played by two engines!]

> No programmer has ever made his fortune making
>chess programs, and i suspect no one ever will. In my opinion, this is a good
>thing: The free exchange of ideas and generous community spirit on forums such

agreed!

>as this one would be impossible if we were in it for the money, and progress
>would be a lot solwer if we all kept our ideas to ourselves. It would also be
>less stimulating intellectually, and dry spells of creativity would be more
>common. More of us would give up before our projects even reached fruition. So
>from a strictly financial point of view, you're right: We're wasting time,

yes,there had been a banner which states "say No to Computer chess" in Thomas
Mayer's site and also in KnightD3 site IIRC


> and
>thank God for that!
>
>Svein

Excellently writte,nice writing style.I guess you are sweidsh,but your writing
style here IMO is a lot better than most of Americans :)




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