Author: pavel
Date: 15:37:07 08/09/02
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On August 09, 2002 at 16:46:41, Dann Corbit wrote: >On August 09, 2002 at 16:37:39, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>They are offering to give Kasparov $700,000 to show up and lose. He's only >>human and that's an awful big temptation. Why would he work a thousand times as >>hard for an extra 14%? >> >>Just show up, play casually and without concentrating very hard, and you're >>$700,000 richer. >> >>I've never heard of a match in any sport in which somebody gets only 14% more >>money for winning versus losing. >> >>Why not cut the loser's share dramatically and make it interesting? > >You get an extra 100K to win. Maybe we could do like the Mayans and the losers >are beheaded. > >I think he will try hard. It will be highly public and a chance for him to show >people "that computers are not smarter than he is" -- from a perception point of >view. > >He has a boatload of money in the bank, I would think. I doubt if an extra >million dollars would add much motivation beyond what is already there. Not to mention, winning this match will insure future matches (with such price tag) for Kasparov. He has more than one good reason to win this match. cheers, pavs
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