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Subject: We Don't Need Anything except food and shelter.

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 19:03:25 11/17/04

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Mike,

It is good that we have a civilization that provides pocket chess
computers,wi-fi,scramjets,vitamins,antibiotics,surgeons,dentists,automobiles and
Hi-definition TV. We really only need to have dirt shelters,wood to cook with
and a spear to hunt with.

Petters is being a Luddite.

TJF



On November 17, 2004 at 21:56:58, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On November 17, 2004 at 21:11:16, Tony Petters wrote:
>
>>Now that Computer Chess Software has virtually every feature we could want and
>>the engines play at the same strength as Super GMs, what is there left to talk
>>about ?
>>
>>Everyday I come and read some obscure thing that very few people care about.
>>
>>Food for thought :)
>>
>>Cordially
>
>The beauty of chess is that as soon as one engine solves a problem, there is a
>another problem to take its place.  The number of chess positions is roughly
>estimated at ~10^43 at a game of 40 moves.  Less than the number of atoms on
>earth ~10^50 - but greater than the number of grams the earth weighs  ~10^27.
>
>We have a ways to go yet ;>)



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