Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 14:08:13 12/26/03
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On December 25, 2003 at 13:25:33, Peter Hegger wrote: [snip] >I've thought about a scenario where hostile aliens land and challenge earth to a >chess match for the the very existence of the planet. If earth wins or draws we >get to live and they'll quit bothering us. If we lose they'll blow the planet to >smithereens. They'll be back in exactly 5 years to play the 10 game match. >With all of mankind's resources thrown into their very survival, what kind of >chess computer could we come up with for such a match? >Regards, >Peter I would go with an MkII and at the end of the game which I would lose w/o any doubt, I would complain about an incredibly stupid detail in the applied chess rules for humans to computers and be so persistant about it that the aliens would get so angry, leave the planet and blow themselves up. With some of the money, I'd buy M$ and shoot all Windows- and Office-installation CDs (and keys) to Pluto. Sargon
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