Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:55:26 01/24/01
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On January 24, 2001 at 08:12:27, Albert Silver wrote: >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. He said that he doubt a or b and not that he doubt a and b. There is a difference between 'or' and 'and'. My interpretation: It is a fact that christophe did not develop SMP capable chess program Vincent believes that one of the following possibilities is the reason for it: 1)Christophe does not have the interest. 2)Christophe does not have the talent. Vincent did not express an opinion if 1 is correct or if 2 is correct but only expressed an opinion that one of them is correct. Uri
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