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Subject: Re: RULES FOR THE 12TH WORLD COMPUTER-CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 12:01:05 06/09/04

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On June 09, 2004 at 03:54:25, Mark Winands wrote:


>Below we recall a few decisions from the Maastricht Triennial Meeting in 2002. >There the ICGA was established and it was decided that a WCCC should be held >annually. The observation was clear: all kinds of differences between >microcomputers, personal computers, “normal” computers, and supercomputers >were in some sense obsolete and the classification thus was considered >artificial. So was the division into the classes of single processors and >multiprocessors. Even the distinction between amateur and professional was at >stake. Is not the real amateur a professional? Or the other way round?


I have found this paragraph to be a semanticist's delight.  Those who would like
to relax and laugh a little will surely find it very "agreeable".





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