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Subject: Re: CCT Blitz 2005 - 10 Participants now

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 20:29:50 09/13/05

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On September 13, 2005 at 23:19:13, Lance Perkins wrote:

>So, Will, why do you think I'd wakeup at 6AM on game day just to be a bad
>sportsman?
>
>I don't intend to win. Just to participate. I need to prove to myself that I
>have enough confidence on the Thinker pocket pc build, and the new ThinkerBoard
>pocket pc UI and ICS interface (not to have the bugs of one ICS interface we
>know that caused trouble in CCT7).
>
>Not only is Thinker in a big HW disadvantage, but time-wise too - there is no
>timestamp for the pocket pc.
>
>Still not convinced? I have a 624Mhz X30 with 64MB of RAM. Is there anyone out
>there who has a 624Mhz PPC with 128MB of RAM (not ROM) and is willing to operate
>Thinker?
>
>If Thinker loses all its games, its no big deal. Its already expected. If
>Thinker wins or draws a game, well, ...
>
>I'm even turning on the Thinker Auto-Talk. It should chat by itself - in Eliza
>fashion. All hands-off. I would have to log-in as guest to chat, because its
>impractical to chat with a stylus.
>
>Who else out there will be running entirely on their own software (not counting
>the OS)?
>
>See, there is quite a number of unique things with the Thinker entry.

Now, for some true irony, we need to have Hydra enter and lose a game to
Thinker.
;-)



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