Author: allan johnson
Date: 21:12:12 12/22/00
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icOn December 22, 2000 at 17:09:09, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: Nice one Tim Al Tania, > >Don't get too excited about numbers like 10 to the 40th power. Think about a >real mind bender like : How many times did the universe recreate or was >recreated and how many parallel universes are there? > >If the universe is infinite then we can not know about how many atoms there are. >Each atom has protons, neutrons and electrons etc. The degree of freedom in >terms of location and energy level of each of these particles is almost >infinite. > >Mind blower of mind blowers: How do you get something from nothing? Where did >the universe come from? It came from God...and where did God come from....? > >Is time infinite? Is time an illusion? > >Seriously,however, there is no need to know the number of possibilities of >positions in chess because each of us only lives 70 +/-40 years. What is >important is to be nice to one another and just enjoy moving the pieces around >without throwing them. > >Happy Holidays, > >Tim Frohlick > > > > > >On December 22, 2000 at 11:49:22, Tania Devora wrote: > >> >>How many positions or moves exist in chess? >> >> >>I mean all the possible moves!, >>good moves, stupid moves like. 1.h4 1.a5. 2.Th3 2.a4 Ta3 3.Ta6 3.Tg3 4.Ta6 Th3 >>etc etc........ >> >>I think that the number will be verrryyyy HUUGEE!! I think that any machine or >>computer in the future could see all the possibilities in chess. >> >>What do you think? Anybody have an idea? of how many possibilities exist in the >>chess game?
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