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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:24:02 08/23/00

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On August 23, 2000 at 10:06:53, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>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

I do not think that it is funny.
I also know from experience that Sarah does not like these posts and I do not
want her to become angry.

If I see this kind of posts again then I am going to ask the moderators to
delete them.

Uri



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