Author: Keith Evans
Date: 15:58:51 08/06/03
Go up one level in this thread
On August 06, 2003 at 18:53:30, Albert Silver wrote: >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.... Hsu mentioned in his book that a few announcers kept saying "Deep Throat" which of course has at least two potentially negative connotations if you're a respectable corporation.
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.