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Subject: Re: Second Thoughts respect CM 10ยบ edition

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 09:50:15 06/26/04

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On June 26, 2004 at 12:38:36, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Sandro:
>Of course for you this issue is altigether different. You are a professional
>developper of professional propgrams. That's OK.  I am just making a comment,
>BTW not very original, about howe irrational is this continous purchasing of
>stronger programs AS IF we were all here GM trying to get, at last, an engine
>capable of matching our wits.

One learns and improves very little by playing against an engine equal in
strength to ourselves. In my case, it would have to be a very weak engine
indeed. :-)

I learn much more by watching, and analyzing, games between two very strong
engines.

Regards
Dave

>Take into account, also, that I am myself a sinner in that. I talk from the
>walkside of sin. I am preaching with my pants off and the dick hanging as a
>bell.
>But, from time to time, as alcholic does, I like to examine and punish my
>chessholism as I do also with my bibliopholism.
>You can bet I will continue purchasing new programs, as anybody here.
>Abnd Steve Blincoe will purchase for ever old computers.
>And Rex will get new cars.
>And so on.
>Come on, women, I am womeholic, also
>ferdinan IV



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