Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 20:44:34 04/08/02
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On April 08, 2002 at 23:05:56, martin fierz wrote: >On April 08, 2002 at 22:59:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 08, 2002 at 21:48:25, Michael Vox wrote: >> >>>On April 08, 2002 at 20:24:03, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>And if he were going to face Deeper Blue instead of Fritz, which would he claim is the stronger?< >>> >>>He already stated at the initial press conference that he feels Fritz on current >>>hardware is stronger than DB. >>> >>>This commone knowledge. >>> >>>Regards >> >> >>That is utter horse-hockey. AKA marketing hype and covering himself in case >>the unexpected happens and he loses... > >one more thing: i think that unlike kasparov, kramnik is generally a friendly >person. after losing to deep blue, kasparov went and accused IBM of cheating. a >great way to make them quit the chess arena (they may have planned the move >anyway, but this surely gave them a good reason!). kramnik on the other hand is >quite a different type of person - he knows what the sponsors want to hear and i >think saying this kind of stuff if you're going to get lots of $$$ in bahrain in >return is easy for kramnik. i don't think he's deliberately lying - just putting >some praise on the guys who pay for his next first-class ticket and 5-star hotel >- common practice, i would say! Are the actors lying when they are on stage? Are the magicians deceiving us? Are the commercials on tv lying when they say that their products are the best? Nobody complain about this... What's the difference? This is an act... or is it not? is it an illusion? Is Houdini going to die? Is Kramnik going to beat Fritz? Is this forum real? Are we having fun? Should Fritz move under oath? Don't we like sometimes that somebody tell a lie to us? Maybe I would like it. Maybe not. Maybe I am lying. Who cares? "Ladies and gentlemen, the rabbit I just pulled out of my hat was here all the time. Please give an applause not because I can do magic, but because of my great skills with my hands." The last words of a fired ethical magician. Regards, Miguel > >aloha > martin
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