Author: Chris Carson
Date: 15:04:09 07/26/00
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On July 26, 2000 at 17:56:42, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On July 26, 2000 at 14:35:04, Chris Carson wrote: > >>On July 26, 2000 at 14:22:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On July 26, 2000 at 04:30:42, Jason Williamson wrote: >>> >>>>So, is Hsu going to release a Deep Thought commercial program with some sort of >>>>Hardware card, simular to the ChessMachine of old? >>>> >>>>I can see some sort of marketing scheme where you can buy differnt version with >>>>more chips on it, the 1x, 2x, 4x cards ect. Hmm, would it be considered a micro >>>>still then? I guess so, since other programs (ie the Chessmachine) that used >>>>hardware were. >>>> >>>>Jason >>> >>> >>>I think that as of right now, DB is MIA and will continue to be so. Hsu had >>>aspirations of building one 15x faster. However Kasparov declined to agree >>>to play a third match assuming he could find sponsors and then build the >>>machine. So with the chicken-and-egg problem unsolved, I think he has moved >>>on to other things, period... >> >>Did Kasparov want this 15x thing to prove it self against other >>opponents before he would grant the match? >> >>Best Regards, >>Chris Carson > >Yes, he said "if you build it I will come, after it has played other humans to >prove it is worthy." Hsu said "I can't build it until you agree to play it, as >sponsors are only going to support another match (a rubber match, if you will) >against the best human in the world." > >A chicken-and-egg problem. I won't play until you build it. You can't >build it until I agree to play. > >Nothing happens, there... Thanks! Best Regards, Chris Carson
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