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Subject: Re: I recommend two group of winners for next year !

Author: Sean Empey

Date: 09:14:52 07/14/04

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On July 14, 2004 at 12:04:21, steven blincoe wrote:

>>I claim only that the situation is not fair if people look at it as a
>>competition of programming
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>and this is the very point
>people do look at it as the best program has won
>most  do not know the niceties that this is a hardware dual with a chess program
>perhaps many here realize this distinction ,but certainly not  most of the
>general public
>lets watch the claims made by Chessbase now for Junior
>"winner of the 2004 WCCC!!!..no doubt
>i imagine very little will be made of the hardware that was used
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>my hat is off to you and Omni
>you took on the big boys with the mega bucks  and their multi-million dollar
>computers..you had courage..you fought the good fight!
>Shalom(peace) to you both
>Steve


Those machines are not even close to a 1/2 million dollars. The general public
didn't know about the tournament.

-Sean


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>>Deep Sjeng or ParSos used only a single processor not because of programming
>>advantage and programs that used a single processor did not use the best one not
>>because of programming.
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>>Uri



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