Author: Robin Smith
Date: 20:36:16 09/10/00
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On September 09, 2000 at 11:17:49, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On September 08, 2000 at 21:00:49, Robin Smith wrote: > >>On September 08, 2000 at 11:51:23, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >> >>>On September 08, 2000 at 11:26:02, Jari Huikari wrote: >>> >>>>On September 08, 2000 at 11:09:25, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>> >>>>>Why not move your ass and start testing position by position from >>>>>the WAC. >>>> >>>>I have run some tests with my slow machine and slow program. Would be nice >>>>to compare the results with those of some good program with faster hardware. >>>> >>>> Jari >>> >>>So instead of a run of 2 million lightyears on your computer you >>>think if we do it in a lightyear less that we qualify more to solve >>>the openingsposition? > >>How will transporting the computer approximately 1.88 x 10^19 kilometers >>accomplish anything? > >It will accomplish the same as the plan to solve the openingsposition >with nowadays hardware will. > >Some cries from excitement from those who don't understand the uselessness >of it, some others getting excited because it goes a long way... It was a joke. The point is that lightyears is a measure of distance, not time. I understand very well that chess computers can't "solve" chess. They can't even solve some relatively simple positions, let alone the start position.
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