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Subject: Re: Zappa's Strength

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:29:06 12/13/05

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On December 13, 2005 at 02:19:15, Robert Hollay wrote:

>
> It would be really interesting to see the winner of Tour De France to run
>a race with Michael Schumacher, both of them using own "hardware", just it
>would be senseless.

Even in a Formula 1 race, where the constraints of the car are very detailed,
the manufacturers still put a huge effort into making the best car.  It's not
just the driver that matters.

> I think that everything which is _software_ should be allowed (OS, opn. books,
>TBs, etc) but competitors should use equal hardware. It can be a 4 processor
>PC for example. If your engine uses only one proc, that's up to you.
> But if it's a competition of "chess machines" and not the engines itself, then
>of course hardware is not an issue.
>
>Robert



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