Author: stuart taylor
Date: 19:15:19 10/22/02
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On October 22, 2002 at 15:10:11, Bob Durrett wrote: >On October 22, 2002 at 14:58:09, stuart taylor wrote: > >>On October 22, 2002 at 14:49:20, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On October 22, 2002 at 14:28:13, stuart taylor wrote: >>> >>>>On October 22, 2002 at 12:48:23, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: >>>> >>>>>Dana, >>>>> >>>>>Both programs lack long term planning. Both programs will get better as our >>>>>computers get better and faster. Good things come to those who wait. >>>> >>>>Ageing, death, and some slightly more authentic computer tuition to help you in >>>>your secret side ambition of suddenly becoming a GM whilst you still have time, >>>>before turning your attention to more inportant endevours? >>>>Yes, if you are 60 now, you might find the best software and hardware you will >>>>ever want, by the time you're 80. Then with 2 years secret training you might be >>>>able to enter a tournament which COULD give you a GM norm, AND you might >>>>succeed, thanks to your computer educator. Then, at 82 you might finally decide >>>>to end your summer vacation and start to look for a serious job and get married, >>>>without forgetting that added bonus of being like a true GM, with a certificate >>>>to say so. >>>> So good things MAY come to those who wait long enough. And if you want to be a >>>>child prodigy (outside of chess) you might need to wait even longer! >>>>S.Taylor >>> >>>I can think of much better "good things" than being a GM at 60. In fact, I'm >>>not sure that would be a good thing at all. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>(at 82) so indeed, why wait for that, is what i'm saying. Or do you mean that >>waiting for computers to get another 300 elo points IS worth the wait? [and the >>very waiting in such a protracted way is injurious to concentrating on other >>things]. >>S.Taylor > >Perhaps it is heresy to say this, but "there is more to life than pursuing a GM >title" > >Bob D. I don't think you understood me at all, but one thing I would say anyway, is that I certainly think there is more to life than drinking beer (or whatever) and waiting for the next computer rating lists to arrive, and then promptly buying all (or most, or many of) the new programs as soon as it's available, and going straight to the blitz setting and getting beaten, and coming back for more. And continue in that way till the next programs arrive and doing the same with them, and always hoping that the next program (or upgrade) will beat you (against your will presumably) in even less moves than the one before, or perhaps to enjoy the better appearance of the board, or something different, and the only kick to get out of the whole thing is that "this beat this and that lost to that etc. and that's what I'M being beaten by now. And I hope to continue these pleasures till my last day etc And my most fervent wish is that some time after I die, they will make REALLY lovely board designs on the computer screen which REALLY does blitz, blitz and more blitz"! And I was simply saying that I personally don't understand what great "good" that is which "comes to those who wait". S.Taylor
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