Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 05:33:32 01/31/02
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On January 30, 2002 at 12:11:16, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 30, 2002 at 11:00:58, Alexander Kure wrote: > >>On January 30, 2002 at 10:25:41, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>[..] >> >>>You can make up all the math you want, but it doesn't prove anything. I >>>_know_ that DB's branching factor was roughly 4.0, as was discussed _here_ >>>a few years ago after several of us looked carefully at their logs. >>> >>>to go to depth 18 requires 4^17 as many nodes as searching to one ply. >>>4^17 = 2^18, = 262,000 roughly. >> >>4^17 = 2^34 >> >>[..] >> >> >>Greetings >>Alex > > >You are right. Wasn't thinking clearly at the time, obviously. >:) > >Bob But at the time, you must have thought you were thinking clearly or you surely would not have made the post. This raises the question of, "How do you know you are thinking clearly now?" ;-) Nothing "obvious" about it, yes? Setting aside my stupid jokes, the serious question now is: "Isn't 2^34 a bit too big for Deep Blue?"
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