Author: pete
Date: 05:18:00 09/03/00
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On September 03, 2000 at 05:10:16, Ralf Elvsén wrote: >Pardon me if this has been reported already, but in a late issue of >ComputerSweden there is a brief story called "Deep Blue more famous >than Larry King". > >"Three years ago IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue became famous when >it defeated the human chess world champion Garri Kasparov. Now it turns >out that Deep Blue still is a celebrity. According to a survey paid for >by IBM, Deep Blue is just as well-known as Carmen Electra in Baywatch. >CNN's news anchor Larry King is just behind DB on the list. > >1200 persons were asked in the survey and almost 50% recognized the >name of IBM's supercelebrity. In spite of the fact that the computer >already have had its 15 minutes of lime light and no longer is active, >it is still well known. > >Now it lives an easy life as a retired binary at IBM's office in >Yorktown, where it plays chess against foreign dignitaries." Yesterday I watched a German TV show called "Who becomes millionaire " . In something like the 1000.-DM question it was "What was the name of the chessprogram which defeated Gary Kasparov in 1997 `?" a.) Deep Throat b.) Deep Blue c.) Deep Space Nine d.) Deep Purple Although the canditate was quite sure it wasn't c. or d. :-O he didn't have a clue what to answer and had to use one of his valueable jokers. I came to the conclusion you don't get a clear picture of its popularity when judging by CCC discussions ;-)) pete PS : Never heard about this Larry King or this Carmen Electra before ;-)
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