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Subject: Re: Rebel Shows GM strength once AGAIN(draws Baburin)

Author: Charles Unruh

Date: 22:12:30 12/04/99

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On December 04, 1999 at 19:38:05, allan johnson wrote:

>On December 04, 1999 at 17:32:11, walter irvin wrote:
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>> i think the debate on if programs are GM or not are about to end .all its going
>>to take is a couple more speed ups in mhz and its over .man is trying to hold on
>>but in the end man will be ground up like hamburger meat . rebel has been doing
>>well with this GM challenge . myself im surprised the GM's dont do better .they
>>know who they are playing , no excuse not to be prepared .
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>>in 5 years computers are just going to be too fast , even if programers stop now
>>and make no more improvements .
>Charles:It is not inevitible that computers are going to get faster.Quite a few
>experts in the business have expressed the opinion that without a new
>technological breakthrough it wont happen because the transistors used are
>just about as small as they can get.Given the enormous numbers of experts
>working on this problem my guess is that there will be that breakthrough but...
>Regards Allan

I did not write this post you are responding too

Charles Unruh
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>i mean the day hiarcs gets 6,000,000 nps GM's are
>>going to start to need odds of knight or so .



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