Author: Albert Silver
Date: 15:53:30 08/06/03
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On August 06, 2003 at 16:23:28, Keith Evans wrote:
>On August 06, 2003 at 15:20:50, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>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
>
>Let's not forget about 2b "Deep Throat" which is one reason why IBM changed the
>name to "Deep Blue."
I didn't know the secret source "Deep Throat" that gave information leading to
Nixon's fall had anything to do with it. live and learn.
Albert
P.S. Of *course* that's what you were referring to....
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