Author: Albert Silver
Date: 05:12:27 01/24/01
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On January 23, 2001 at 22:48:59, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 23, 2001 at 18:30:55, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On January 23, 2001 at 14:59:51, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On January 23, 2001 at 13:35:56, Gustavo Pereira wrote: >>> >>>>On January 22, 2001 at 15:41:38, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 22, 2001 at 02:43:26, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Dear CCC, >>>>>> >>>>>>Now if Deep Fritz or Deep Junior or Chess Tiger will run on the 132 processor >>>>>>AMD computer that would be awesome. Gee, I wonder how many watts it would take. >>>>> >>>>>Hi, this is not a shared memory computer, so it's very unlikely any >>>>>of the above programs will run on it. At the moment no program will >>>>>run at this 'supercomputer'. >>>>> >>>>>Note it doesn't mention the communication speed of this computer, >>>>>which is weird. Nearly any supercomputer has directly with it >>>>>information on what speed the network is. >>>>> >>>>>Note in case of chess tiger i doubt whether the programmer is interested >>>>>or has the talent to make it multiprocessor capable. >>>>> >>>>>Greetings, >>>>>Vincent >>>>> >>>>>>http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010119S0018 >>>>>> >>>>>>Tim Frohlick >>>> >>>>I've grown tired of reading messages by Vincent where he deliberately attacks >>>>another person without any sound basis. >>>>You should cut it, Vincent! >>>>Stop insulting other people! >>> >>> >>>Vincent used the words or and doubt. >>>He did not say that Christophe does not have the talent. >>> >>> >>>If the target was to insult then he could say: >>>"I am sure that christophe does not have the talent to make it multiprocessor >>>capable" >>> >>>He did not say it. >> >>True, but the verb 'to doubt' expresses a negative belief, not a neutral one. If >>he had wanted to say he did not know, he would have said it. When he says he >>doubts he (Christophe) has the talent, he is not expressing a disbelief in >>Christophe's knowledge of writing an SMP-suited program but in his ability to >>ever dominate that knowledge. > >He did not say exactly that he doubt that christophe has the talent but that he >doubt if he has the interest or the talent. > >He did not express an opinion if the problem is not having the interest or not >having the talent. > >Uri Don't get me wrong Uri, I like Vincent. I think he tends to go overboard at times, in particular with his squabbles with Christophe, but he is usually very generous with his knowledge, and his atypical style of writing makes him funny to read at times also. Still, the 'or' really doesn't suddenly make his statement any less of an opinion. The 'or' _adds_ an item to the list of things he doubts C. has. He isn't saying C's talent for writing SMP capable programs depends on the interest. In fact I don't see how that could ever be interpreted that way frankly. Still, I really understand your desire to bring peace between the two and am not indifferent, except that I don't believe that will be possible unless it comes from themselves first.
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