Author: Roy Brunjes
Date: 19:51:34 02/02/03
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On February 02, 2003 at 22:26:45, Jeff White wrote: >On February 02, 2003 at 21:52:36, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote: > >>In two years from now we will all own computers that play better than the >>hardware that Deep Junior is playing on. I doubt that any of us here will be >>scoring more than 1 point out of six against such chess computers. Will we be >>happy then? >> >>Back in the early 1980s and the monster special purpose computer Belle created >>by Ken Thompson of Bell Labs I lusted to own the beast. Now that we have fast >>computers with relatively massive memory are we happy? >> >>Is progress a good thing? >> >> >>Tio Timmy >> >>PS Both Fernando and I desire a return to a slower more friendly time. > >I remember having Sargon II for the Vic 20 and Sargon III for the Commodore 64 >and thought THAT was good. I do remember Belle and thought I'd like to play it >knowing I'd get pummelled. Heheh! Am I happy?? Yes and no. Yes in that the >computers are getting stronger and stronger, and no in that I'll never be able >to beat them like I could Sargon II and III, but when I get kind of depressed >about not being able to win, after about 100 or so games, I just play >Chessmaster 2000 and I'm able to win a little more often. > >Regards, >Jeff Of course you can play Chessmaster 9000 on modern hardware and play games against the 100+ personalities that are weaker than the full-blown Chessmaster engine. I like beating up on 1500 level opponents now and then! Roy
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