Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 21:38:31 04/07/03
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On April 07, 2003 at 18:49:32, Chris Hull wrote: >On April 07, 2003 at 16:45:31, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On April 07, 2003 at 13:16:25, Drexel,Michael wrote: >> >>>On April 07, 2003 at 12:43:34, Russell Reagan wrote: >>> >>>>At this point in computer chess, I think the only way to make any significant >>>>amount of money is _not_ to have the absolute strongest program in the world, >>>>but to have something to offer the casual person who is interested in chess. For >>>>instance, Chessmaster is not the strongest program in the world, but it sells >>>>far more than any other chess program because it has easy to use features that >>>>lower level players enjoy and use. >>>> >>>>I think that you would make more money if you wrote a program to teach young >>>>children how to play chess than you would if you wrote a program that is as >>>>strong as Ruffian. >>>> >>>>I also think you'd make more money working part time at MacDonalds than any >>>>other realistic scenario you mentioned. 100 points stronger than Fritz is >>>>probably not realistic. If you did accomplish that, you would probably make more >>>>money from playing Kasparov than you would selling your program. There are >>>>already dozens of programs that can beat 99.9999999999% of the world. The need >>>>is not for more strong programs. >>>> >>>>If you could write a master level go playing program, then you could make some >>>>serious money. >>> >>>6*10^9*(1-0.999999999999) = 0.006 >> >>Exactly, that's about what Uri will earn an hour. > >Would that be in Euros or Dollars. As he's playing russian roulette usually here, roubles will do fine for Uri!
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