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Subject: Re: Big Blue?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:58:34 08/06/03

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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


You are right.

However, this is a family-oriented site.  :)



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