Author: Albert Silver
Date: 08:38:38 09/03/00
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On September 03, 2000 at 08:18:00, pete wrote:
>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.
No idea who Carmen Electra is.
>>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 " .
Yes, like many in this forum, I too dream of the day I'm summoned to the TV
program 'Jeopardy', and there I'm presented with the subjects of the day:
1) The Deep Blue-Kasparov matches
2) SSDF results
3) Winboard trivia
4) Computer Chess forums
5) Test Suites
6) Commercial programs: who's the best?
(I don't actually know how many subjects they use, so I'm stopping here at six)
After 2 weeks, the show is cancelled having not come to any satisfactory
conclusion. Every question and answer is immediately immersed in unending debate
that only seems to agree on the fact that that there is something to debate. The
ratings, having taken a fatal plunge, leave the network vulnerable to a hostile
takeover after which it is broken into pieces and sold off.
Albert Silver
>
>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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