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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 17:08:46 08/23/00

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On August 23, 2000 at 19:03:14, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>On August 23, 2000 at 10:24:02, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>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
>
>ARE YOU THREATENING ME? Oh my God, I am trembling...
>Sir:
>a) you have none sense of humour, as it has been evident since ever. No problem,
>but please, try not to exagerate.

The fact that my sense of humour is not identical to your sense of humour
does not say that I have no sense of humour

see http://f22.parsimony.net/forum44091/messages/1037.htm


>b) you presume as a reason the irated reaction of some other poster and you
>declared yourself her nanny.

I did not declare myself her nanny.


That's preposterous. If Sarah becomes angry, why she
>should do so ?, let her to play her moves.

I prefer not to see discussions about this here.
It cannot lead to something positive so this is probably my last post in this
topic.

Uri



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