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Subject: Re: Pentium IV --- Do We Need the Power ?

Author: Alain Lyrette

Date: 17:39:41 08/22/00

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On August 22, 2000 at 16:25:27, Roger D Davis wrote:

>We don't need more power, we need programs that understand how to play in
>different STYLES. True mastery of chess programming will show itself as the
>ability to create programs that understand various styles, not just programs
>that are strong. What the various styles are, of course, is a matter of debate,
>but certainly some of them have been modeled by the world's best. Tal, for
>example, and Petrosian.
>
>Roger
>
>
>
>On August 22, 2000 at 16:21:36, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>
>>Dear CCC,
>>
>>Just think boys and girls, in less than a year from now we will have the Pentium
>>Four machines that run at 1400 MHz with a 400 Mhz bus and a data throughput of
>>3.2 GBytes per second.  Now you know that with all that speed we can have
>>programs with enormous databases.  Do we want the programs for analysis only or
>>do we want to lose to them 100% of the time?
>>
>>A while back I was talking about interactive programs that mimic voluptuous
>>female chess opponents.  Well I guess that we will all be totally addicted to
>>playing Laura Croft and enjoying the slow torture.  It could be fun.
>>Chessmistress 1.01  Hmmmmm?
>>
>>Any comments Fernando?
>>
>>Tim Frohlick
Some programs are already playing like Petrossian.(Hint:zzzzzzzzzzz).For now
just GIVE me one of those Athlon or pentium 3 1000 mhz and i'll be VERY happy!



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