Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 14:05:22 04/26/05
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On April 26, 2005 at 16:45:02, chandler yergin wrote: >On April 26, 2005 at 16:35:03, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 26, 2005 at 15:46:33, chandler yergin wrote: >> >>>On April 26, 2005 at 14:44:22, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On April 26, 2005 at 12:29:27, chandler yergin wrote: >>>> >>>>>The Fredkin Prize was $100,000 for the first team to build or program >>>>>a computer that would defeat the World Champion in a Match! >>>>> >>>>>The Deep Blue Team won it. >>>> >>>> >>>>No it wasn't >>>> >>>>It was a three stage prize. The first for the author of the first computer to >>>>achieve a master chess rating. Awarded to Belle in 1983. The second for the >>>>first program to produce a 2600 performance rating over 25 consecutive games >>>>against grandmaster players in long (40 moves in 2 hours or slower) games. >>>>Awarded to deep thought in the early 1990's. The final stage was to beat the >>>>world champion in a match. Awarded to IBM in 1997. >>>> >>>> >>>>Your point would be??? >>> >>>As I Posted! >>> >>>The Fredkin Prize was $100,000 for the first team to build or program >>>a computer that would defeat the World Champion in a Match! >>> >>>Awarded to IBM in 1997. >>> >>>What don't you understand? >>> >>>What do the previous stages have to do with what happened in 1997? >>> >>>Why do deliberately try and Provoke me? >>>Hmmm? >> >>I answered that earlier. IBM spent _millions_ of dollars on the deep blue >>project. The salaries were about $1M per year for the entire team, spread over >>10 years. Not to mention the hardware, the public relations setup, the expenses >>for Kasparov. The prize fund. And they did all of that to win $100,000.00??? > >It wasn't about IBM.. it was for the TEAM! They, wanted to win at any cost.. > >The Fredkin Prize was for the Team that built or Progammed one that could beat >the World Champion! > >I explained that.. and so did HSU. Any idea who ended up with the $100,000 check? Didn't think so... > > >> >>:) >> >>Absolutely amazing logic. I hope you get better advise for investing for your >>retirement, 15+ million dollars over 10 years to get a return of $100,000 is >>_not_ very smart investing... IMHO anyway...
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