Author: James Robertson
Date: 10:25:30 06/12/99
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On June 12, 1999 at 09:27:23, John Wentworth wrote: >I enjoy playing against computers and watching them play each other. It's the >only way I can see live games between masters. > >We spend so much time and money having programs play one another, setting up >tournaments etc etc, just so that we can see which one is better. Seems >ridiculous, though I used to do it too. > >We should have other machine contests besides chess. Let's see, how about if we >line up a whole bunch of humidifiers and dehumidifiers and we will see which >ones will overcome the other. We could brag on the internet that we have the >best humidifier in town and nobody's dehumidifier could touch it. We could set >up tournaments, get all excited about the new models coming out. Keep buying and >buying more humidifiers and dehumidifiers so we can have more competitions. > >I have numerous chess programs, I can't beat most of them. I think the majority >of people can't beat the current crop of chess programs. Playing programs that >are to strong are discouraging when you lose over and over, at least it is for >me. >The people that sell these things must be laughing at us for continually buying >this software when we know that we can't beat the ones we have now. > >I almost never play now, I'am writing my own, and if it's good enough I'll sell >it over and over every year with just a small improvement. You are a good writer. I wish I could write this well.... James
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