Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 05:54:38 04/11/03
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On April 10, 2003 at 18:28:30, Tony Werten wrote: >On April 10, 2003 at 10:27:57, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On April 10, 2003 at 10:11:21, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >> >>>On April 10, 2003 at 09:25:09, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >>> >>>>On April 10, 2003 at 09:20:15, ERIQ wrote: >>>> >>>>>These are all great goals, but I like this order better. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>* A Linux/bsd version of Chess Tiger w/ great gui ie. Eboard or better. >>>>>* A native ARM version of Chess Tiger for Palm >>>>>* Chess Tiger 16 >>>>>* ...and a few more projects that I prefer to keep secret >>>>> >>>>>basis for order is: >>>>> >>>>>1.I will have a freebsd system running in about two week hopefully (just waiting >>>>>on hardware to arrive) >>>>> >>>>>2.As soon as I could buy a new sony palm I will. So I can win a game from time >>>>>to time :) >>>>> >>>>>3.And ct16 should be last because ct15 is already too strong!! whether it's >>>>>first or last on that silly list that everone likes, I can't beat it on a 486 >>>>>comp. And yes I've tried shamlessly >>>>> >>>>>Just my two cents. >>>>> >>>>> Sign, >>>>> Eriq >>>> >>>>a dual version of CT15 would kick more butt than ct16 or working at the unknown >>>>freebsd. note that freebsd allows multiprocessing but multithreading at it i >>>>cannot advice. >>> >>>I think a dual version of CTX would be great! maybe we should have a hands up >>>here, to see if we can influence the order of things ;) (note: people with dual >>>processor systems votes count double, ok maybe only 1.7 :) >>> >>>Jonas >> >>Some people are simply too lazy or have too much bugs in their software to get >>stuff parallel well to work. > >I hope he is too lazy. It would be sad that someone (who writes chessprograms >for a living), who wrote a strong engine, found out that making his engine >stronger would only bring him 5% more income at most. I cannot find tiger in supermarket. For him winning world title will quadruple income at least. >Yet, the market is settled. CT would have to win 3 worldtitles to break this >market. That's a lot of energy for 5%. Starting something new/newish (like the >palm) would cost half the time with double the revenues. You don't need to conquer even half of the market to get a very very good income. >BTW He is lazy. ( we greenish, leftish people prefer "carefull with energy") I I assume Christophe is too lazy. Perhaps we would be too if we had such good weather each day :) >asked him 1.5 years ago to organize a Guadalopian (Guadalopees ?) championship. >No response yet. Is it so much trouble to organize a championship that pays for >travel and accomodation ? >Tony >>It will be always like that.
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