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Subject: Re: Do you believe a future computer will calculate 2^168 nodes per second?

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 11:56:25 10/02/01

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On October 02, 2001 at 01:17:27, Eran wrote:

>On October 02, 2001 at 00:27:30, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>On October 01, 2001 at 21:33:02, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>[snip]
>>>>If it will do in the future, it will be a solid chess computer, right? ;-)
>>>
>>>Solid, spherical, multi-layer whatever.
>>>You aren't going to get electrons or photons to move faster than light.
>>>
>>>Look at the MHz you imply with the above figure and then calculate the trace
>>>size that would be needed to prevent breaking the speed of light.
>>>
>>>9cm of wire takes a full nanosecond to transverse.
>>>
>>>I'm not saying it is impossible.  Just that it is not possible with any physical
>>>process we know of now.
>>
>>Put simply:  NOT IN OUR LIFETIME.
>>
>>
>>:)
>>
>>
>>Slate
>
>I hope to see, feel and play it even once before I die. What a pity if I will
>never do it. Heck, y'know that life is not fair. Next generation of our children
>and grandchildren will be luckier than we are today! They could buy very
>powerful heldhand computer chess (around 4000 Elo Rating!) containing atomic
>chips or "superstring" chips or whatever for $1.99 to $5.99 at CVS stores in the
>year 2100!!. What a bright future for them &%$#@%*!@%($%@@W%^#$ How lucky they
>will be; I am beginning to envy them really :-(((
>
>Eran

I'm not sure about you.  But I plan to be alive in 2100.  :)



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