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Sunday, February 9, 2003
Computer Chess
The Kasparav-Deep Junior chess match ended in a draw, with both winning a game apiece and four draws. A much better result for Kasparav as compared to the last time when he lost. That computers are now an integral part of Chess is beyond doubt. For long, Chess has been seen as the ultimate intellectual game. One had to outwit the other player to win - thinking up all kinds of strategems. It was one human mind against another. Not anymore, according to the New York Times.
Maybe, the ultimate unbeatabale unbeatable combination is Human+Computer.
Alternative Energy
New York Times writes about entrepreneurs returning to the search for alternative sources of energy - areas like solar power, wind energy and biomass.
Its something that I've tracked for many years, though not as closely in the recent past: where is cheaper fuel coming to come from? This is a question which is almost as exciting as creating affordable computing solutions for the next 90%.
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