Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:38:05 04/20/05
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On April 20, 2005 at 12:34:41, chandler yergin wrote: >On April 20, 2005 at 12:03:39, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 20, 2005 at 11:58:40, chandler yergin wrote: >> >>>On April 20, 2005 at 08:42:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On April 19, 2005 at 22:02:32, chandler yergin wrote: >>>> >>>>>Let's put some stuff to rest here.. >>>>> >>>>>Quoting from FENG-HSIUNG HSU's Book >>>>> >>>>>"Behind Deep Blue" >>>>> >>>>>Pg 207 >>>>> The match contract explicitly obliged the Deep Blue team to provide, when >>>>>requested, the scores of all our public tournament games. >>>>> >>>>>True, he did not have access to games played by the newest version of the >>>>>program. >>>>> >>>>>We wanted to be fair, but to give Garry games from our pre-match training would >>>>>have placed us at a serious disadvantage. >>>>> >>>>>Pg 219. >>>>> >>>>>The chess books I had only gave cursory treatments on the positional play of the >>>>>Queen >>>>>After this game Joe wrote some simple code on where the Queen should be placed. >>>>> >>>>>Pg 220. >>>>> >>>>>An automatic tuning run for the evaluation function pointed out to us that the >>>>>weighting for one class of King Safety should be increased. >>>>> >>>>>Pg224. >>>>> >>>>>The morning before game 2, the team debated whether we should make changes >>>>>to Deep Blue's evaluation function. Joe had already 'fixed' the bug responsible >>>>>for the last move in game 1, but there were other changes we needed to look >>>>>into. >>>>> >>>>>Pg 238. >>>>> >>>>>The penalty for Bishops being shut out from the game was increased after this >>>>>game. >>>>> >>>>>Pg 243. >>>>> >>>>>Granting him direct access to Deep Blue's game logs would be equivilent to >>>>>giving him Deep Blue's silicon head on a silver platter, with $700,000 on the >>>>>side. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Well, enough Quotes.. >>>>>Read the BOOK! >>>> >>>> >>>>I read the book. I read it before it was published in fact, since he asked me >>>>to proofread the thing before it was completed... >>>> >>>>grow up... >>> >>> >>> Then you KNOW it was NOT a fair Contest! >> >> >>Because you say so? >> >>Kasparov dictated the rules. he lost > >He did not dictate the rules; he "agreed to" the Rules, >a big difference! >The Rules were stacked against him from the beginning. Shows your ignorance. _HE_ set the rules. _HE_ was the one IBM wanted to play for max P/R exposure. He got _everything_ he asked for. > > >> >>get over it > >Admit your Bias towards Kasparov, and your lack of objectivity >& logic, and perhaps I will. Right after you admit your ignorance about computer chess in general, deep blue and the match in particular. > >I think you owe Kasparov, the Greatest Player an apology! I don't owe him anything. >> >>Got any kinfolk in Canada?
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