Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:07:06 10/24/02
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On October 24, 2002 at 18:31:47, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On October 24, 2002 at 14:37:20, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On October 24, 2002 at 13:51:48, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>Dear Bob: >>>After reading Behind Deep Blue I wondered whether could'n you create kind of a >>>Crafty in hardware as the guy made with DT. He say the hardware is now lot more >>>accesible and I am sure you could create a good, awful piece of chess iron. A >>>card faster than what a software program can be with even a fast PC. >>>Just a thought... >>>Fernando >> >> >>It is obviously possible. But it is not something I am interested in doing >>because it >>requires a huge amount of effort. It is easier to be lazy, knowing that in 10 >>years, >>the common microprocessor will be as fast as special-purpose hardware designed >>and >>built today. And all I have to do is wait. :) > >Don't wait too long, I can't promise you that we could revive you in time as we >succeeded with Kramnik the other day. > >Rolf Tueschen > >(Can't you still see the mess with your desktop publishing crap? Ugly line >overflooding...) Here's a clue for you: You don't hate it _near_ as much as I do. But I have not yet figured out how to get this "mozilla" browser under control with font selection and the like. In fact, I can't find _any_ font that I think is reasonably attractive.
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