Author: pjt
Date: 09:38:51 05/12/01
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Poor Fred! This is the coolest post Ive read in a long time :) On May 12, 2001 at 11:00:26, K. Burcham wrote: > > > >new systems available soon. > >sys is taking orders for their single, 1800 mhz amd for shipment in june. > >lots of talk on the net, about dual 1800 mhz amd to be released soon. > >1800 mhz = 1584 kns with fritz6 > >dual 1800 mhz = 2970 kns with deep fritz. > >we all know that kns is not everything. but these two systems should be very >strong for chess programs. > >tiger2 on 1800 mhz vs deep fritz on 3600 mhz would be a strong game. > >hardware advances are amazing. > >i still have my 16 mhz fidelity in my closet. >his name is fred. >sometimes i will get fred out of the closet, put in four batteries, >and let him play my 1500 mhz, 450 watt, 768 megs ram on tiger two. >i will ask fred if he is sure he wants to try again, and he says yes. >(you see the last time i got fred out of the closet, he played my one gig.) > >so i usually set up for a 10 game match. >but after fred plays one game, his eyes roll back in his head, and sweat runs >down in his eyes. i am sorry, but fred complains a lot. it is always something >with fred---he will come out of book, and start complaining about the lights >being to bright, or the chairs are too hard. once he said there wasnt enough ice >in his water. he usually cant take anymore than one game. > >so i remove the four batteries, box him up and put him back in the closet, until >he thinks he wants to try again.(the whole time he is screaming "no >please---please--not the closet). > > but the problem is, everytime i get fred out of the closet, the mhz have >increased, by a huge amount. > >freds next opponent will probably be, hmmmmmmm. lets see... >chris finds 100 elo increase for dual tiger, running on a dual 4 gig. >chris wins world championship, pepsi wants chris and tiger to be in elevator >commercial. > >poor fred.
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