Author: Chris Carson
Date: 05:01:12 07/11/02
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On July 10, 2002 at 23:41:26, Russell Reagan wrote: >I was watching TV tonight and I came across a man playing chess on TV, who >happened to be Gary Kasparov. He happened to be playing Deep Blue (the rematch). >The Learning Channel was doing a show about the "top ten machines of all time." >Deep Blue was ranked the #2 machine of all time, behind the space shuttle at #1. > >Although they really tried to make Deep Blue seem invincible (and thus added a >bit of innacuracy to the story) it was still interesting. I wish I would have >caught what #3-10 were. It would be interesting to see what Deep Blue ranked >ahead of. > >Russell This was a great show. TLC does Ultimate Ten shows at 6:00pm EST (US) all this week. It will show again on Sat., here is the info from The Learning Channel (TLC): ******************************* Ultimate Ten TLC (Sat) Jul 13 02:00pm Series/Documentary, 60 Mins. "Machines" Revolutionary mechanical devices result in a way of life unimaginable to earlier generations. Original Airdate: February 14, 2001. ********************************* See: http://tlc.discovery.com/
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