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Subject: Re: What means BETTER?

Author: Eric Oldre

Date: 17:40:34 06/01/05

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On June 01, 2005 at 18:35:46, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On June 01, 2005 at 15:55:06, Claude Le Page wrote:
>
>>People on this forum , and others , discuss whether Hydra is "better" than Deep
>>Blue or he converse ; but if I could  run Shredder or Junior on a computer as
>>big as the White House it would be probably stronger than Hydra
>>So this discussion is not really interesting (moreover , it's like if you ask
>>whether Kasparov is stronger than Alekhine : they never will play a game )
>>The only interesting question is : what is worth Hydra's software
>>I shall believe in Hydra when it will beat Shredder or Junior ON MY COMPUTER (or
>>on a computer like mine)
>>Friendly Yours
>>Claude Le Page
>
>      Hi Claude
>      A nice dream that will never be fulfilled: Hydra
>      will never run on your/my PC.
>      Kurt

Unless of course you want to spend LOTS of money on a 'pc'!

Which brings to mind, does anyone have an estimate of how
much the hardware used for Hydra cost?

Eric



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