Author: Albert Silver
Date: 10:57:02 02/12/01
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On February 11, 2001 at 16:22:27, Robert Pawlak wrote:
>On February 11, 2001 at 09:27:15, John Wentworth wrote:
>
>>Most people in this forum have purchased at least a few chess programs and have
>>commented on how they do against another program. Are people in here spending
>>money on software just so they can play it against another program or are we
>>actually using it? I would willing to bet that the majority of us play the
>>programs only 10% of the time or less, I certainly could be wrong though.
>
>Since I live in a remote rural area, I play against my programs quite a bit.
>There are some advantages to this. There is no waiting for an opponent, and no
>bad sportsmanship to deal with either.
>
>> I have read in here of people wanting to know what kind of PC to buy just so
>>they can have a tough chess program, incredible!, someone is actually going to
>>spend perhaps thousands of dollars just so they can have a tough chess program.
>>
>> I have spent a lot of money on this stuff too, I look back on all this money
>>and think what I could of done with it, I must be nuts! Like the old saying
>>goes, a fool and his money are soon parted. Oh well, I guess I'll go see how
>>much they are getting for Fritz6a now :(
>
>Ahh yes, well at least you aren't out drinking... At least, that's what I tell
>my wife :-).
>
>But seriously, you can look at this another way. Everyone here is subsidizing
>R&D to advance the state of the art in computer chess playing algorithms and
>analysis software, so you should feel good about your habit.
>
>Bob
Yep. Next year we'll have program that'll beat you on average in 1.56 less moves
than this year's. Progress!
Next year, we'll have chess teaching tools that'll be TWICE as efficient as this
year's, showing you are TWICE the patzer you thought you were for not having
learned to play the game by now. :-)
But heck, it's a lot of fun.
And besides, with ratings inflation to give us a sense of progress, we will keep
on coming for more. Satisfaction too!
Albert
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