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Subject: Re: [DB] Some data from the logfiles

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:20:00 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 14:15:54, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On August 22, 2002 at 13:47:46, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>Doesn't it depend on the definition of "ply"?
>
>If they use a nonstandard definition of 'ply', then it's meaningless
>to say that they did 18 ply and therefor must have been great.
>
>None of the papers imply they do anything like that.
>
>There is a very simple explanation that makes everything come
>out logical: they didn't do 18 ply but 12. But then again, that's
>not an acceptable idea to some people.
>
>--
>GCP

It simply isn't _reasonable_.  Based on having watched them search 10-11
plies on deep thought.  To assume that they get nothing from going 100X
faster?  Do you _really_ believe that?  Then why not stick with the original
deep thought hardware???





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