Author: Micheal Cummings
Date: 00:48:45 11/13/98
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On November 13, 1998 at 02:47:00, Dann Corbit wrote: >It has a sad sound to it, doesn't it? It is a terrible shame that the most >powerful chess machine ever created by man has been disassembled. Think of the >incredible research it could produce. I believe that this machine could count >all possible moves out to ply 10 in "reasonable" time. It could do database >research that no other system can do. The awesome power of this machine >staggers the imagination. It is as if there were only one billion electron volt >cyclotron in the world, and someone dismantled it. So much for nuclear >research. Back to pencil and paper. > >Wouldn't it be nice if IBM built a few thousand of the newest generation chips >and assembled a next generation Ultra Blue machine? > >Imagine what could be done with it!? > >It would be nice if it could fire some institution's imagination and some entity >could breath new life into that rusting, dust-gathering chess monster. > >Will she? > >Only her hair-dresser knows for sure. It would be nice, but IBM think they are now the best in chess, which they are not. One big win and they retire victorious. Well sad to say they are and they are not, I wish deep blue would rise again to show us or to confirm how strong it is. But it will never alas.
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