Psyching out computer chess players

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Computer chess programs are getting better but yet grandmasters of the game like Garry Kasparov, the top-rated player in the world drew a match against a leading chess program from Germany called 'Fritz' that runs on an Intel Xeon server. The human weak point lies in calculation while the computer's is in long-term strategy and hence the trick is to prepare openings that push the other side into the kind of game that accentuates its weaknesses.

Electronic computers, Computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, Computers & Auxiliary Equip, Evaluation, Technology application, Chess players, Computer chess, System selection, Software/hardware leasing

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Waiting and waiting for the next killer wave

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The patience of the poorer countries might wane while paying US $20 million a year for the tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. The technical features of the early warning system are described.

Asia, Indian Ocean, Installation, Economic aspects, Environmental aspects, Technology installation instructions, Tsunami warning systems

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