Author: Slater Wold
Date: 13:15:43 11/24/03
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On November 24, 2003 at 16:10:32, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On November 24, 2003 at 15:56:28, Slater Wold wrote: > >>On November 24, 2003 at 15:05:53, Pete Rihaczek wrote: >> >>>I for one am very excited to see Brutus in the lead. This is an exciting advance >>>in chess computing and FPGA computing in general. With the ability to add >>>knowledge without the usual penalty, some version of this is the odds-on >>>favorite to be the world's strongest chess machine. Such a system was a logical >>>step after Deep Blue II had shown the advantages of computing in hardware. Can a >>>Kasparov-Brutus match be far away? Well done Dr. Donninger! >> >>1. I just wish anyone else in the world would have made Brutus, besides Dr. D. >>Chrilly is a horrible person, and it makes me a little more than reluctant to >>purchase ANYTHING he puts out. > >I've never heard a bad thing about Chrilly? His reputation is pretty solid. To >slight him I think is uncalled for. If you're interested in hearing bad things about him, e-mail me. Or better yet, e-mail Bruce or Bob. ;) >>2. These cards, if ever made publicly available, will *probably* be around $200 >>(per card). Chrilly was "talking shit", saying that when he was playing Brutus >>vs Fritz/Junior/Shredder @ the Chessbase offices, he was having to give them X% >>more time, just so Brutus didn't constantly crush them. Yea, then he shows up >>to Graz with _8_ cards. 8x$200, you do the math on that one. > > Makes sense to me. If one was crushing them all then why is 8 being utilized. >The more the merrier and he'll get more "juice". Vin has 500! heehee Well, there's a saying, "it's not how much power you have, it's how much power you have to spare". I just think he was playing a trump card, trying to guarantee wins. It's not like he's paying for that equipment. >>3. As the saying goes, 'may the best chess (and hardware) program win'. If >>that's Brutus, so be it. But I gotta be honest, I wouldn't be one bit upset if >>Brutus didn't win another game...
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