Author: blass uri
Date: 11:15:41 07/21/00
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On July 21, 2000 at 13:41:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 21, 2000 at 12:14:44, Graham Laight wrote: > >>On July 21, 2000 at 11:21:57, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>Not at all. Hsu was hired by IBM to build a new chess machine that would beat >>>Kasparov. The machine was first assembled in late 1995 or early 1996, not too >>>much before the actual match happened. Prior to that, all they had was the >>>deep thought hardware that was still located at Carnegie-Melon university >>>according to Hsu's book. >> >>I've just checked Amazon - there doesn't seem to be anything related to chess >>available by a "Hsu". >> >>Any idea when we'll be able to buy this book, please? >> >>-g > > >I don't know. It was definitely finished as I have an electronic copy of it >that I proofed for him. I haven't heard anything recently but will try to ask. > >It will answer a _lot_ of questions and put a lot of nonsense to rest when it >does come out. It isn't super-technical, but it has a plethora of details that >reveal a lot about the machine and its capabilities. The only real answer to the question is if Hsu does a Deep blue chip. This is the only way for him to convince people to believe what he says because the impression based on watching games and watching the IBM site is different I believe that if it can get only 70% against the best commercial at the time of the release then Hsu can earn money from it. I guess that in this case he will find 50,000 buyers if the price is 200$. I guess that it is enough to cover the cost of it. Do you think that one of my assumptions is wrong? Uri
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