Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 18:32:07 01/27/00
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On January 27, 2000 at 21:18:05, Robert Hyatt wrote:
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{regarding DB support}:
>This is an unforgivable sin here or anywhere else. I think it quite funny
>that (a) folks wonder why Hsu doesn't post here; and then (b) attack anything
>they do as inferior.
>
>I have said this before... They are far better than anybody (other than maybe
>myself and a couple of others) give them credit for. Just continue to watch
>the analysis of the DB logs. We suddenly discover that (a) they are searching
>a lot deeper than some kept thinking; (b) their branching factor is actually
>not much worse than the rest of us; (c) etc.
>
>Best to wait and watch. Lots more will come out over time... But the
>naysayers will _never_ be silenced...
I find it very puzzling the huge amount of absolute hostility towards Deep Blue
[and HERE of all places]!
The last match was 1997. That's about 3 years ago, and we still talk about it
almost daily. Nothing comes even remotely close to being as interesting as the
Deep Blue match. Nothing has ever generated the publicity for computer chess
like the Deep Blue match.
And yet people are clearly *angry* at the Deep Blue team. Is there some sort of
history that would explain it? I keep feeling that I have walked late into a
movie and everyone is panning the hero, who seems like such a nice guy.
Most amazing of all are the sort of persons who are irate. Almost always
incredibly intelligent computer science types.
*boggle*
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