Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > The basic flaw i see in some assumptions taken here is that you as a > human want > to do a running contest with a car. > > In reality that isn't the case. > > People just want to see whose car is better, not whether they can outrun > the car. Your analogy is poor. Any computer playing chess must conform to the same rules as a human player. A better analogy would be a foot-race between a human and a bipedal robot. Do you think 100k Ordinary People[tm] would be willing to lay down $10k for such a curiosity?
> Additional they want to analyze their own running (most important > feature) in the most objective manner possible, or they want to compete > with it in a 300 KM/h contest. > > To look like a winner, people are prepared to pay any price. If this were the case, we'd all drive Bugatti Veyrons and Porsche GT1s. > Vincent > > -- Geoffrey D. Jacobs Go to the Chinese Restaurant, Order the Special _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
