Author: Timothy J. Frohlick
Date: 12:48:19 08/14/01
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Eriq, As a stone mason you know that a plain brick wall is boring. To spice it up you add embellishments. Arches and accents are de rigeur for modern architecture. Mr. Paul Morphy quit playing chess because he was too good and it was after all only a game. It is always the case that any activity can become boring if it is engaged in monomaniacally. You know that you are mentally healthy if you choose a variety of avocations. I own a 20 inch Newtonian telescope, a 7 inch Maksutov and 16x70mm Fujinon binoculars. I rotate the use of these instruments so that I don't become bored with amatuer astronomy. Comets and the moon and the milky way are best seen with the binocs. I you want good planetary or star cluster views then the Newtonian with an off-axis mask is preferred. The Maksutov does well on low power views of general objects. When I get tired of observing then I do research on my computer. I own many other things. I get bored with them all. If I concentrated my thought on just one object then I would go nuts. I find that a $100.00 radio can give me as much pleasure as a $10,000.00 hifi system. The motivator at this site is to brag about having the fastest, "bestest", and leanest computer chess program/computer system. That is great. Just like having a fast race car floats a lot of people boats, having a neat-o-keen computer system means that you are serious about computer chess. Don't worry that you are becoming bored. This is normal. Tim "Variety is the spice of life" Frohlick On August 14, 2001 at 13:30:27, ERIQ wrote: >If asked ten years ago I would have said no computer chess is very exciting. > >But what about now, comps are better than almost everyone at the game their is >no more tension or suspense the only question now is how many moves will the >human play before he loses. > >I think now all questions about how strong they are (title or not) have been >answered already. Hardware has grown to the point that for less that $2000 >anyone can have a duel system over 800mhz. I never thought that I would see this >happen or say this but what do we do now ??
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