Author: Sally Weltrop
Date: 20:27:50 12/20/01
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On December 20, 2001 at 16:16:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >Computer chess answers: >"The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." > >This is the heyday of computer chess. There are well over 100 chess engines. >There are many excellent commercial products, available at dirt cheap prices. > >Hypothetical parallel: >Suppose you want to buy a sports car. Here are two models, almost the same -- >but the first will go 140MPH and the second 165MPH. If the price is the same, >you will buy the second. Now, there is no place in the US where you can drive >165MPH or even 140MPH (Montanna now has a speed limit). So it's pent up energy >you can't really use. But still -- somehow you want it. > >In the same way -- why buy a copy of Fritz 7 when you can't beat Fritz 6? Why >get Tiger 14 when you can't beat even Tiger 12? Because you know it's better. > >Enough is never enough. Because eventually, there will be more. And we'll want >it. No matter how silly it is. > >And if ever there was a harmless outlet for going for broke, it's computer >chess. Upgrading a Ferrari every year is quite a strain on the bank account. >Upgrading a chess program is about the cost of taking a friend to lunch. I found this nice analogy quite refreshing & frankly honest.
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