Author: Albert Silver
Date: 12:20:50 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 13:53:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On August 06, 2003 at 13:27:13, Russell Reagan wrote:
>
>>I have noticed a lot of non-computer-chess-nerd friends refer to Deep Blue as
>>"Big Blue" quite a few times, and I usually correct them. Today when I corrected
>>someone, they told me that one of the early versions of Deep Blue was actually
>>called Big Blue, but I've never heard this.
>>
>>Was Deep Blue ever called Big Blue?
>
>
>No. IBM is often called "big blue" however (the company itself).
>
>Deep Blue had three names.
>
>1. ChipTest
>2. Deep Thought
>3. Deep Blue
You're forgetting about all the names Kasparov called it after the match. I
won't repeat them, even though they were in Russian, since my post would be
deleted.
Albert
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