Author: george petty
Date: 21:34:29 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 21:42:48, James B. Shearer wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 09:31:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 14, 2000 at 02:20:09, James Robertson wrote: >> >>>On January 14, 2000 at 00:44:22, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On January 13, 2000 at 23:07:07, James Robertson wrote: > <snip> >>>>>Not publicity. Computer knowledge. Nobody (aside from the computer chess >>>>>community) knows who Hsu is. He could have been replaced at any time and DB >>>>>would still have continued. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>Not a prayer. He designed _all_ the hardware. He developed the parallel >>>>search. Etc. Hsu _was_ deep blue, just as he was Deep Thought... >>> >>>I find it impossible to believe that he is the only human who is capable of >>>doing this. >> >> >>Think about this: How long did it take him to become able to do this? At >>least 12 years. How long would it take someone _new_ to catch up to his >>skills at this? About 12 years. > > I agree with Robertson. I don't see much evidence that Hsu has any >extremely rare skills. It's not like many similar attempts with equivalent >backing failed miserably. Also Hsu's project didn't match the projections in >his 1990 Scientific American article. > James B. Shearer James you and Robertson and two pretty sharp fellows. You are both wonderful thinkers. Keep it up. George
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