Fireball wrote: > > WH>I hope Deep Blue wins in the match against Kasparov this time! To > WH>Kasparov, he is fighting for human dignity, but to( at least > WH>some ) algorithm and computer designers( and aspiring ones like myself > WH>), Deep Blue is fighting for an advance in our knowledge of algorithms > WH>and ability to do things on computers, so long as they are computable, > WH>but not things that actually make direct contact with things like > WH>halting of arbitrary computer programs, etc... > WH>However, chess is a computable game, and here I will cheer for Deep Blue > WH>and hope he makes Kasparov deeply green with envy... > > I didn't know they were playing again. Of course Deep Blue should win, > you can just program all possible scenarios into the hd. But time is a > factor in which Kasparov has the upper hand, he can think fast enough > about the more crucial pieces and make some better decisions. I hope > Kasparov wins
