Author: stuart taylor
Date: 08:13:25 09/08/00
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On September 08, 2000 at 02:51:27, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >On September 08, 2000 at 02:17:20, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On September 08, 2000 at 01:16:18, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On September 07, 2000 at 22:14:17, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>> This will have to be the last generation of chess programs I will ever be >>>>buying, as I will not be able to devote much more of my life to chess, and less > > >>>>so, programs (which you need chess knowledge to be able to appreciate). >>I have read Stuart's contribution as follows: saturation + the fact we >>have made our programs too strong. Too strong in the sense you need to >>be a good chess player to understand what is going on on the board. I >>just hope I understood wrong :) >> >>Ed >> >> >> >>>> I just wish to express my plea to the programmers to try to push it all in >>>>this year, and not to wait for another one or two years! > >Dear Stuart, > >In five years from now we will be able to play machines that are the size of a >pocket calculator and have the strength of a grandmaster. You will then be able >to play a game at any time and anywhere. The world isn't going to end until >December 31, 2012 and so we have plenty of time to play chess. Only 5 years? Hmmmm! And which reference do you have for the world ending in 2012? > >Having a strong computer opponent not only means that you will never beat it but >it always will play excellent chess and you can wow your friends by saying what >a genius you are for buying it in the first place. I've always wanted such a thing! > >Some of my friends are gun nuts and have over one hundred guns each. They don't >shoot every gun but they collect them for the romance of the weapon. I have >three telescopes and two sets of binoculars. I have a specific use for each >one. Some folks collect fine automobiles ie 1920s Bugatti sportsters and >Humvees and so on. I would collect violins and bows (I only have 3 of each), but not for their pedigree or even their looks, but for their great sounds, which I can produce from them. But one which does everything (or at most, 2)would be even nicer. Same with chess programs. > >There is no rush to own the ultimate chess program. Just be interested in the >rich and varied aspects of chess and think of the silicon beasts as tools to >enrich our lives. > > >Tim Frohlick "Eschatological Man" Best regards, Shimon Taylor
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