Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 06:15:03 08/22/02
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On August 22, 2002 at 08:59:20, Andreas Guettinger wrote: >On August 22, 2002 at 08:10:27, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>I've been following these DB threads for a long time now. It appears to me that >>there is a mental block for people east of the Atlantic that does not allow them >>to accept some basic facts: >> >>1. Everything Hsu ever made (chess machines) was brilliant. >>2. Hsu's creations _slaughtered_ the computer competition...ALL OF THEM! >>3. Kasparove didn't watch what he was doing, and got his helmet handed to him >>by DB2, plain and simple. >> >>And you guys can't take it. You cant' stand it. You can't accept it. Why? I >>can't figure it out. Is it jealousy? Envy? Sub-concious anti-Americanism? >>CONCIOUS anti-Americanism? European ego-centrism? European inferiority >>complex? Something in the water? The air? The food? Religion? EU mind >>control? WHAAAAAAT!!!!!!! >> >>Most of you all seem like nice guys most of the time (excepting maybe Vincent >>"aspergers" Diepeveen). But when the topic of DEEP BLUE comes up, it's >>get-out-the-knives time. >> >>What have you to say for yourselves? > >Seems that the medical surveillance here in Europe is better than in the >Staates. ;-) > >- Andreas > >PS: As far as DB2 is concerned, it was really a great piece of chip i think. The > program itself i don't know, it never interested me much. It's good IBM does >something more useful now by running the Blue Gene project. But they shouldn't >have destroyed the machine and therefore the evidence. I mean, the way that this >discussions take on CCC, in five years we will discuss if Deep Blue ever existed >or if it's only a tale. Yes, but some of these guys are like Flat Earthers, or Moon Landing Denyers. They must tear down the achievement with words.
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