Author: margolies,marc
Date: 20:56:11 01/23/03
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I am not prepared to simplify the need for profit as "greed." sometimes it is validation or even existential imperative. And I do not believe sponsorship of itself tarnishes a chess or computer chess event, but it does call into question how we respond to promotional actions pornographically ( i mean our base emotions, not sex) when we talk about clock speed of chips, number of processors in a reductionist way and disregard other valid but non-merchandisable criteria like efficiency of algorithyms, or what does a change in node- search speed actually mean in a specific case, ie the machine is finding something useful to look at, so maybe i'll get a useful result instead of some bit-blasting GIGO. On January 23, 2003 at 12:31:46, Rolf Tueschen wrote: >On January 23, 2003 at 12:02:30, margolies,marc wrote: > >>if there is 'worship of a product' that is not a function of human need but of >>sponsorship. >>one of ibm s greatest successes in the deep blue saga was to convince a lot of >>poor rubes that their company was an internet company, in order to market their >>stock at a higher multiplier. > >Right, and sponsorship is proportionally combined with the greed for profit. > >Kind regards, >Rolf Tueschen
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