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Subject: Re: Tiger against Deep Blue Junior: what really happened.

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 18:46:03 07/26/00

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On July 26, 2000 at 18:04:09, Chris Carson wrote:

>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


I should add that I personally feel that the "I won't play it until it has
proved itself" is a tad superficial.  I believe that the _previous_ version
of this proposed machine proved itself quite forcefully.  Although he might
want to forget that.  :)



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