Author: Oliver Y.
Date: 00:21:14 02/20/99
Hey Grandpa! Happy Birthday! To remain on-topic [sort of] remember that discussion we had two months ago about the differing abilities of men and women for certain tasks? I had mentioned my uncle's opinion in this regard--that women are equal to men in such activities. Well, he's on TV this weekend, I gather you all get such international broadcasts...so... Check out CNN Headline News Channel at 24 to 26 minutes after each hour this Saturday, maybe Sunday, my uncle Wise, with the beard and glasses, can be seen for 6 seconds in a piece with Christopher Reeve [played Superman in the movies, and is in a wheel chair now] and the NY Rangers, some hockey team. Wise is a scientist...the stories play over every hour this weekend...the piece is about how Chris has help raise funding and awareness for spinal cord injury research. viz., 12:26, 1:26, 2:26...etc. at least in north america... He's a really, really nice man, my uncle... Okay, to get totally ON TOPIC, here's a survey question: Notwithstanding all the complications surrounding Fischer's situation and people's reaction to him, do you think the chances that he'd agree to a match with a computer [say, in FischerRandom] are higher than one with a human contender? [The idea that arguments over ego, pride, politics, biases, are somewhat different here...no, let's not go there too deeply.} Yes or No? Also: See the Economist Magazine, Feb 6-12, 1999, page 87 [or is it 89] re quantum computers and parallel processing. Nothing too new perhaps? Does the quantum computer allow chess to be solved within the next 50 years? I think "yes" and that is my estimate for the time to solution. What I mean by "solved" is the question mentioned in rgcc, "is chess, played perfectly by both sides, supposed to be a win for white or a draw? See "Scientific American" in the late 70's for an interesting article on this. Maybe the early 70's. Hey, this post is the best I can do for a Birthday gift for you...Okay? Don't type so much so that your fingers get tired... Deal? Best Regards, Oliver Oliver
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