Its only 35 years ago every "Expert" and "Scientist" (sorry to kill your God here Atheists) was telling us we were heading for a new Ice Age. Don't take my word for it, look it up.
The World was getting rapidly colder, and it was the End of the PLANET! OMGZ!
I think all thats happened is that we've used new technologies to become more aware of the fluctuations of a non-stable system and have a mini panic attack at every new discovery.
Not arrogance, simple understanding of Computer Analysis (at the time pretty much solidly material based - which is why, even now, most tactics for playing against computers involve deep positional games with not immediately obvious long term goals) at the time, and what a Chess engine was and wasn't capable of.
I'm no Grandmaster, but many are, and many agreed with Garry.
I wish I was a good enough chess player to be able to dismiss the worlds greatest (probably all-time) simply as "arrogant".
That is fascinating. (and I wish I knew how to read it beyond the moves, lol!)
I've long been fascinated by that match, and read numerous books, seen documentaries and films all revolving around IBM's reluctance to release any data or logs.
(but just so you know, I'm still with Garry on this one.)
Kasparov vs Deep Blue is possibly the most disputed Chess Match in History.
Many believe no computer would have ignored the material based sacrifice Garry made in match 6, and Garry has always maintained he believes Humans intervened in those games, a claim backed by many top level GrandMasters.
IBM immediately dismantled the Computer after the match and to this day have refused to release the logs from the machine which would prove how it made such an improbable (for a computer at least) move.
Hardly a significant breakthrough in A.I if, as many including myself believe, IBM cheated.
Never studied physics beyond High School except in books and documentaries etc.
5 years ago I came up with this idea to explain the lack of enough mater, even posted it up on physics forums and emailed various schools etc asking these questions, and they ALL shot me down.
Ha, I should sue Oxford Uni for plagiarism, I still have all the original emails to prove the idea was mine.
This morning I am now ranking myself with Einstein and Hawking. LOL.
As a keen Linux Desktop user, the chance to switch gaming platforms from Windoze to Linux is something I've been waiting for for a long time. Directx is too much of an easy option for developers, and Winex just isnt good enough.
And as for the Opengl games that DO run?
I installed a clean Debian system, just to try Doom3 on Linux, installing the NV drivers and finding as many good performance tweaks as I could.
The graphics looked awful, there were issues with almost every aspect of the way the game looked, and the frames per second hovered jerkily around the "completely unplayable" level. Sound was mashed up too.
Linux needs a dedicated gaming team, not just a distro. We need a full competitor to DirectX, that can run all the games, not just a handful, before Linux can come anywhere near challenging Windoze for gaming supremecy.
Wasn't it in Korea that that team of Scientists claimed they'd cloned the first human being.?
I remember that hitting the news world-wide when they announced it, but I don't ever recall hearing anything about whether it was true or not.
When I installed openoffice.org I pointed it to my 1.4.2 install of jre. Will updating to 1.5.0 affect openoffice.org? Has anyone had any problems? I've spent too long customising openoffice.org to want to reinstall it.
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Trolling solely to cause arguments or a sounding board to see if the public is willing to bite again after ClimateGate?
Nicely put.
Its only 35 years ago every "Expert" and "Scientist" (sorry to kill your God here Atheists) was telling us we were heading for a new Ice Age.
Don't take my word for it, look it up.
The World was getting rapidly colder, and it was the End of the PLANET! OMGZ!
I think all thats happened is that we've used new technologies to become more aware of the fluctuations of a non-stable system and have a mini panic attack at every new discovery.
Monkeys still throwing Rocks at the Moon.
Not arrogance, simple understanding of Computer Analysis (at the time pretty much solidly material based - which is why, even now, most tactics for playing against computers involve deep positional games with not immediately obvious long term goals) at the time, and what a Chess engine was and wasn't capable of. I'm no Grandmaster, but many are, and many agreed with Garry. I wish I was a good enough chess player to be able to dismiss the worlds greatest (probably all-time) simply as "arrogant".
That is fascinating. (and I wish I knew how to read it beyond the moves, lol!) I've long been fascinated by that match, and read numerous books, seen documentaries and films all revolving around IBM's reluctance to release any data or logs. (but just so you know, I'm still with Garry on this one.)
Kasparov vs Deep Blue is possibly the most disputed Chess Match in History.
Many believe no computer would have ignored the material based sacrifice Garry made in match 6, and Garry has always maintained he believes Humans intervened in those games, a claim backed by many top level GrandMasters.
IBM immediately dismantled the Computer after the match and to this day have refused to release the logs from the machine which would prove how it made such an improbable (for a computer at least) move.
Hardly a significant breakthrough in A.I if, as many including myself believe, IBM cheated.
Never studied physics beyond High School except in books and documentaries etc. 5 years ago I came up with this idea to explain the lack of enough mater, even posted it up on physics forums and emailed various schools etc asking these questions, and they ALL shot me down. Ha, I should sue Oxford Uni for plagiarism, I still have all the original emails to prove the idea was mine. This morning I am now ranking myself with Einstein and Hawking. LOL.
As a keen Linux Desktop user, the chance to switch gaming platforms from Windoze to Linux is something I've been waiting for for a long time. Directx is too much of an easy option for developers, and Winex just isnt good enough. And as for the Opengl games that DO run? I installed a clean Debian system, just to try Doom3 on Linux, installing the NV drivers and finding as many good performance tweaks as I could. The graphics looked awful, there were issues with almost every aspect of the way the game looked, and the frames per second hovered jerkily around the "completely unplayable" level. Sound was mashed up too. Linux needs a dedicated gaming team, not just a distro. We need a full competitor to DirectX, that can run all the games, not just a handful, before Linux can come anywhere near challenging Windoze for gaming supremecy.
Wasn't it in Korea that that team of Scientists claimed they'd cloned the first human being.? I remember that hitting the news world-wide when they announced it, but I don't ever recall hearing anything about whether it was true or not.
Thank you. :)
When I installed openoffice.org I pointed it to my 1.4.2 install of jre. Will updating to 1.5.0 affect openoffice.org? Has anyone had any problems? I've spent too long customising openoffice.org to want to reinstall it.