Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:37:58 10/16/00
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On October 16, 2000 at 14:01:15, Chessfun wrote: >On October 16, 2000 at 13:24:23, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On October 16, 2000 at 13:10:28, Chessfun wrote: >> >>>On October 16, 2000 at 12:55:56, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On October 16, 2000 at 11:30:44, Chessfun wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 16, 2000 at 10:49:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>Show me the solid evidence that shows it works. I played a zillion games vs >>>>>>CSTal (on ICC) using equal hardware. (P6/200 single cpu at the time). It >>>>>>didn't work then. 2 of every 3 games ended in an endgame. and 9 of every 10 >>>>>>of those ended in a loss for the speculative program. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Now this zillion I have to see. >>>>> >>>>>Sarah. >>>> >>>> >>>>I believe most understand the concept that "zillion" -> "large number". And >>>>I mean _large_ number. Large -> 20 per day for several months. Many operated >>>>directly by Chris. >>> >>> >>>Ok now I get it. >>>"Zillion" = Large Number = 20 per day for several? months. >>>Hundreds = 87 or Two Hundred. >>> >>>Sarah. >> >>I do not remmeber that Bob claimed that hundreds=87. > > >No he claimed Hundreds, then produced 87 with about 1/2 of those >being Guests. Later he said he could produce 200, but didn't. >Therefore Hundreds = 87 = Two hundred. The fact that he produced proof for 87 does not mean that hundreds=87 because he did not claim that the 87 games are all the games. Uri > > >>My understanding of the english language say that hundreds can be also two >>hundreds and the number of hundreds is not clear when it is at least 2. > >My understanding is a number between 100 and 999. The original point >I was making was that he didn't mean two hundred. Naturally this was >a mistake as only he could determine what he meant in the original >statement of hundreds. But IMO it's like a "zillion" no accurate figure >just a number thrown up in the air. Hyatt does not have to give accurate figure and it is clear that when somebody says hundreds he does not mean to give accurate figure and only some information about the number of games. It is possible that people do not know the exact number of games. I can say that I played hundreds of tournament time control games and I do not know the exact number of games. I believe that I played thousands of blitz chess games and again I do not know the exact number of games. Uri
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