Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 19:12:50 05/25/02
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On May 25, 2002 at 11:01:18, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On May 24, 2002 at 17:48:06, Fernando Villegas wrote: > >>Your explanation streghten my conviction about how much a wise guy I am >>rejecting that temptation from the start and duly getting profit of the efforts >>of pros. That's what the work division is for. >>BTW, the question by this pal remember me the questions young journalists or >>students make to me once and again about how to become a top-notch guy in he >>field. My answer is more or less this: "live as me 53 years reading everything >>and writting about almost everything since you was 4 years old". >>But of course everyone want a fast, easy recipe... >>So we have an entire industry of sef-help: Chess programming in ten lessons, get >>writting abilities in 8 chapters, how to become a millionaire, etc. >>fernando > >right, getting a millionaire statistically proven is easier than >writing your own engine from scratch, especially if it has to >follow the buggy winboard protocol :) Vincent makes a good point. There are 2000 millionaires who work at Microsoft (for instance) so having a million dollars is not uncommon. To write an engine within 100 ELO of the top of the SSDF list -- maybe 20 people in the whole world have managed it. Quite an exclusive club.
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