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Subject: Re: Kasparov on Deep Blue and Fritz 6

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 14:51:48 01/17/00

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On January 17, 2000 at 16:42:26, Pete R. wrote:

>On January 17, 2000 at 03:22:02, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>>Maybe his friend Amir will use a dumbed down version of Deep Junior just in
>>>case? ;))  We should demand the printouts to be sure. :))
>>
>>That was a pretty low blow, especially when you consider that (IMO) Amir both
>>reads and makes an important contribution here.
>>
>>Me, teapot?  Yes, I've done this myself on occasion, but I'm not proud of it
>>now.
>
>Earth to Dave, that was a joke, the main point of which was to jibe at Kasparov
>for demanding the DB printouts, not to say anything about Amir.  As I said I'm
>rooting for Deep Junior.  I included the smileys for a reason, and I resent your
>trying to twist it any other way, whether deliberately or just because it
>doesn't fit with your sense of humor.  I don't know Amir from Adam, and am not
>trying to say anything about him.  And frankly I wouldn't even care *if* he gave
>Kasparov a softball or not, it's just not that important.  In my book Kasparov
>is done with serious computer challenges, and I no longer care what computers he
>plays.

It looked like an attack on Amir's integrity to me, smileys notwithstanding.
If you didn't mean it that way, sorry.

Dave



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