Author: Komputer Korner
Date: 11:04:17 10/05/98
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On September 30, 1998 at 17:15:32, Fernando Villegas wrote: >On September 30, 1998 at 13:57:52, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: > >>On September 30, 1998 at 13:25:58, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>On September 30, 1998 at 05:36:03, Alessio Iacovoni wrote: >>> >>>>I have Fritz 16 bit and Hiarcs 16 bit. There is a great fuss around the 32 bit >>>>version and the wonders it will offer. Now.. since it will not be compatible to >>>>Hiarcs 16 engine I will not *ever* buy it... But the question I wanted to ask >>>>the list is of a more general sort: these engines (Crafty, Fritz, the so called >>>>"fast" ones but also the more positiona ones) rely heavily on the hardware >>>>supported.. so in terms of playing strength, is it worthwile to buy a new engine >>>>that is say 50 points stronger than the preceeding one? couldn't the same >>>>strength improvement be achieved with a hardare upgrade that would have the >>>>added bonus of raising the performace of windows and other programs as well. >>>> >>>>So the question is: why bother and buy the latest engine when the one you >>>>already have could be just as strong with some minor harware improvements (say >>>>+16 or +32meg of memory to increase hash tables). >>>> >>>>Also I have a doubt? Is the overall elo increase of SSDF lists due to better >>>>hardare adopted in testing or to just software improvements? What's your >>>>opinion? >>> >>> >>>Dear Alessio: >>>The sheer fact you come here and post and read post about chess computers is the >>>answer: you are amad as a horse like all of us. Why, then purchase newer >>>software? Because in our madness we are in delight when a new package arrives >>>Fernando >> >>Yeap.. that a good answer.. yet I guess it has to do with "consumerism" and >>"desire of potency" rather than sheer love for chess... I mean.. if it wasnt >>chess it would probably be backgammon.. or something else... Desire to own the >>fastest computer, the best chess program, the one that can analyse more nodes >>per seconds available, isn't all of this awfull.. should'nt we all try to fight >>this.. stick to our program until we really need new features or stronger >>engines? Personally I admire those perhaps eccentric weirdos that stick to their >>old 486 because it's still doing the job they need it for. As to me and my chess >>playing.. I started playing 6 months ago and since I'm hooked to all of this >>"chess" stuff it seems i'm making a step backwards.. the fact that one owns a >>very strong chess computer is "warping" because it instills a very subtle >>laziness in one's mind.. we tend to believe that the program we own is somewhat >>connected to ourselves.. while it isnt.. but at the same time i'm learning a lot >>from my Fritz... so .. I don't know.. I'm quite confused Fernando... > > >Well, then let me give you the light of my huge intelligence :-)) >Of course the most sound way of living -known since the times of Epicteto and >before- is just to use what we really need. And in some areas of life that's >truth and feasible. I am a lover of music -classic and jazz- and I still use an >old sound equipment of the 70's. Why? Because I deemed that what I have is >enough good to lessoning music and so I am not goint to expend a buck in >something else. The same with cars: we have two cars in my home, both old, one >of them a very old Renault 4-S, you know, that kind of station wagon that now >nobody uses in France neither in my country. >BUT when chess is involved, I indulge a lot more. First, because it is not that >expensive after all. And second because I have really improved a lot my playing >strenght and that suppose different programs with different styles. You cannot >be all your life playing Amir's Junior not matter how strong it is; probably you >will get bored of the same style, opennings, etc; so you nedd to change a little >and then play CM5000 or Rebel or CSTAL. And so and so. Besides, to be sound and >rational in all aspects of life is the most hidden and dangerous kind of >madness. You become unhuman. You become a monster. A klittle bit of not too much >exoensdive madness is very good for health. And so, although I have maybe 30 or >40 programs, all tops included, tomorrow I will go to Miami and the first I will >do will be.-...you know what... >Salute a l'Italia >Fernando Maybe we should start a Computer Chess Addiction Research Foundation and get government grants. Alcoholics Anonymous says that the first step has to be admission of the addiction. I am afraid that that will be the most difficult aspect for most of us, including komputers. Of course the programmers don't want to hear of such talk. Sigh !!!!!!!!!!!!????????????? -- Komputer Korner
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