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Subject: Re: Fritz in Bahrain with Deep Blue's hardware

Author: Sally Weltrop

Date: 15:34:04 12/16/02

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On December 16, 2002 at 17:53:29, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>
>On December 16, 2002 at 17:24:43, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2002 at 16:33:27, Daniel Clausen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On December 16, 2002 at 16:29:29, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 16, 2002 at 15:32:54, Pavel Blokhine wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Is it possible to use Fritz in Bahrain with Deep Blue hardware and if so, how
>>>>>strong Fritz in Bahrain would become  compared to the hardware used vs. Kramnik?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Totally impossible.  For so many reasons it would take a week to write all the
>>>>problems
>>>>down and explain them.  :)
>>>
>>>Well, the subject has the potential to easily live a week , so feel free to
>>>start. :)
>>>
>>>Sargon
>>
>>This subject has been going on and off for more than two years AFAIK. And for
>>those that still believe that Deep Blue is still stronger than Deep Fritz or
>>Deep Junior only have to bring Deep Blue back and I will be happy to play a
>>short match on my Dual Xeon 2.8 Ghz.
>>
>>Pichard.
>
>Both sides basically guess and no-one _knows_. You can say 10 additional years
>that this and that is stronger than something else. The only fact is, that we
>don't know. The rest (on _both_ sides) are guesses. (some more educated than
>others, but still guesses)
>
>I don't know, why we simply can't forget this subject, knowing that we don't
>know for sure and keep our guesses to ourselves. Or at least respect that there
>are people who have a different guess but are not necessarily stupid because of
>that. (the posts in the threads in CCC related to DB often imply this)
>
>If someone claims that DB is better than DJ/DF, it's up to this person to proof
>it. If someone claims the opposite, it's also _their_ turn to proof anything.
>Claiming something and then tell the other to "proof me I'm wrong!" is not very
>scientific and just leads to name-calling and flame-wars.

It's kind of hilarious too, it starts off in technical respect for each other
and then in he end it's, "my penis is bigger than yours!" heehee
>
>_I_ don't claim anything in this respect. But if _you_ claim that DF/DJ is
>better than DB, then it's _your_ job to bring back DB to life to _prove your
>claim_.
>
>Sargon
>
>FYI: I won't reply in this thread anymore, because I'm off to visit my
>girl-friend in the US. Not because I wouldn't want to answer. ;) Happy
>Christmas! =)



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