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Subject: Re: The Fredkin Prize

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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