Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 07:06:53 08/23/00
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On August 22, 2000 at 19:22:05, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 22, 2000 at 18:18:39, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>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 >> >>Hi Tim: >>Well, I scarcely see a reason to be excited for the prospect of a chess machine >>playing at that speed. For what, if even chessmaster 2100 running in a 286 can >>give me a good mauling from time to time. So the only good reason for just a >>faint spark of interest in that monster would be what you said about the >>voluptuous female opponent. But, how much voluptuous? With that processing power >>we should expect something much better that the lady of Ananova.com reading the >>news. I suppose that Demi Moore puting her clothes off with each half a point of >>score you can get over the program could be enough to become interested > >I am against this idea. >I want to see more women play chess and I think that this kind of idea is not >going to attract women. > >It is also easy to cheat and get the draw or wins against the program by using >another program. > >Uri Come on, Uri, there are not ideas here, but jokes! Do not be so serious! Fernando
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