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

Author: Adam Oellermann

Date: 01:30:43 10/03/01

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On October 02, 2001 at 14:56:25, Slater Wold wrote:

>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.  :)
>

I hope to be alive, but I don't particularly expect to be at the top of my game
chesswise...

- Ada,



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