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Subject: Re: But it takes Crafty twice the processing power to compete against...

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 16:19:28 02/01/04

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On February 01, 2004 at 15:27:34, Dave Kuntzsch wrote:

>On February 01, 2004 at 15:05:02, Jorge Pichard wrote:
>
>>On February 01, 2004 at 13:42:03, C McClain Morris, Jr. wrote:
>>
>>>Commercial or not, this is a strong program.
>>
>>But it takes twice the processing power like a Quad Opteron to compete against
>>Fritz 8, or Shredder 8 on a single processor :-)
>
>That's the fallacy of CCT. If everyone is running on a different machine, what's
>being proven?

Why a "fallacy" -- is every race car identically the same in every autorace.
Are skier racers asked to ski on indentical skis ?  Are runners require to wear
identical racing shoes?  Do jockeys compete on identical horses? etc etc.

The hardware is part of the competition.  In fact where there is usually
hardware or equipment in competive events, the equipement /hardware choice is
usually part of the competition.  it's just the way it is - Bob has been
planning for the fast 64 bit , multiple CPU machine for a long time - anybody
could have "planned" for that scenario - Bob just happens to be one of the few.



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