I can't help commenting on a couple of topics: Deep Blue and
Dark Suckers.
Being a chess player myself, I can sympathize with Kasparov in
his frustration at being soundly beaten. (It happens to me all
the time.) There seemed to be very little frustration when the
games were close and seemingly even-matched. I guess it's like
any sport, really--no one likes getting out-classed. But Kasparov
definately deserves tremendous respect for playing a great game
vs. a computer that can ponder 200,000,000 moves/second. It is
the rough equivalent of a man on foot vs. a jet in a round-the-world
race.
As for the Dark Suckers article, it sounds hilarious. My bet is
that it was written by Dave Barry or the likes....
Regards,
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DePuy Orthopaedics
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