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Subject: Re: Lies.. Damn Lies & Statistics!

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 17:26:56 01/12/05

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On January 12, 2005 at 20:19:48, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 12, 2005 at 20:04:27, chandler yergin wrote:
>
>>On January 12, 2005 at 19:56:25, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On January 12, 2005 at 19:37:29, Steve Maughan wrote:
>>>
>>>>Dann,
>>>>
>>>>>Things that seem impossible quickly become possible.
>>>>
>>>>I recon about 300 years before a computer will solve chess.  This assumes
>>>>
>>>>1) 10^120 possible positions
>>>
>>>This is far, far too large.  Chess positions have been encoded in 162 bits,
>>>which puts an absolute upper limit at 10^58 (and it is probably much less than
>>>that).
>>>
>>>>2) Alpha-beta cutting this down to 10^60 sensible positions

The Question does NOT concern "sensible" positions.. It concerns ALL Possible
positions!
What don't you understand?
>>>
>>>The incorrect first assumption renders this and all following assumtions as
>>>moot.
>>
>>
>>It's NOT an "assumption!"
>>THAT, is YOUR error!
>>
>>YOUR Ass-umptions that follow are ludicrouos!
>
>Not only is it demonstrably and obviously incorrect, the proper result is well
>known and has been known for decades.

CRAP!  Stop your biased Opinion and REFUTE my Statement!

 Furthermore, no advanced mathematics are
>needed to grasp it.  A simple junior high level understanding should be
>sufficient.

Yeah.. well PROVE IT!



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