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Subject: Re: I am confused. Programs should beat humans at faster time controls.

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 09:50:38 04/29/01

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On April 29, 2001 at 12:32:42, gerard sanchez wrote:

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>     I am confused.  Programs should be almost unbeatable for humans at faster
>time controls (blitz 7 7) because they are brutally accurate in comparison at
>this type of time control.  Why does JRLOCk (Dzindzi) makes it feel beating
>programs like Scrappy, standing on quad 500+ MHz hardware, not so special but a
>common occurence, is it?  Is this guy the exemption to the rule or is it just
>that the tides have changed, "humans are now actually better than machines at
>faster time controls."

He is very good at playing computers, and has had a lot of time to practice.

bruce




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