Author: stuart taylor
Date: 02:10:37 01/01/04
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On December 31, 2003 at 23:22:12, Sally Weltrop wrote: >On December 31, 2003 at 21:09:46, Christophe Theron wrote: > >>On December 31, 2003 at 19:21:35, Ed Trice wrote: >> >>>Think about what a 2900 rating signifies: basically, you could spank a mere 2500 >>>rated player indefinitely, never incurring a loss yourself. >>> >>>As it would play against 2600 or 2700 caliber players, losses would occur. >>>Against 2800 rated opponents (pretty tough to find) a 2900 program would still >>>finish ahead at the end of a long match. >>> >>>Before a program could make an honest claim at being 2900, I think the team >>>would have to scrape up some money and get Gary Kasparov to play a 40 game match >>>with it. The terms would have to be steep to get the most out of Gary, such as >>>is he loses he could only play checkers from now on, and if he wins he gets to >>>have Pamela Anderson for a year plus about $20 million in spending money. >> >> >> >>Pamela Anderson!?... >> >>Is it supposed to be some kind of reward?! Yuk! I'd better suck silicon (mmh... >>maybe that's what you meant?). >> >>Hint: happy new year to Neferteri Sheperd >>(http://playmates.chrisos.com/Neferteri_Sheperd/Sea/). >> >>(...don't try this at home) >> >> >> >> Christophe (3rd glass of Champagne, I know that's not an excuse...) > >going on my 5th beer, cheers! Do women who play chess also drink beer? (I understood that women do not drink (much) beer. Nor do many play much chess either). >> >> >> >>
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