Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 10:23:33 02/27/01
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Dear CCC, Bellow is annother posst abbout Claude Shannon. The guy was one smart dude. Unless he could do twwoo things at onnce he wasn't happy. A true digital wizard. Tim Frohlick http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAFABHXPJC.html On February 27, 2001 at 12:59:06, Christophe Theron wrote: >On February 27, 2001 at 10:00:48, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>Hi, >>Claude Shannon has passed away. Shannon was one of the true greats of the >>'first age' of computing, and amoung his many contributions was the first real >>paper on how a computer might play chess. >> >>http://www.bell-labs.com/news/2001/february/26/1.html >> >>Thanks to SlashDot for the news and link. >> >>Peter >> >>p.s. Don Bradman (greatest cricket player ever, daylight second) also passed >>away a couple of days ago. > > > >Thanks for the post. Some of Shannon's idea about computer chess are still the >heart of many computer chess programs. > >The quiescence search for example is one of Shannon's ideas. > > > Christophe
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