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Re: 125 years ago...
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Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:27:07 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Chris Magno wrote:
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> Ross Crawford wrote:
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> > In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Trevyn Watson wrote:
> > > Adina and I were in the Engineering Library at Queen's, looking at bound
> > > journals, when we found Scientific American. We took the oldest book off the
> > > shelf (1879!), and opened it to a random page. On that page, we found this
> > > article:
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> > > http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tjw/misc/oldsciam.jpg
Awesome find and thanks muchly for sharing!
> > > University libraries are SO COOL!!!
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> > WOW! That would have been fun to see! The article doesn't mention if it actually
> > WON any games though...
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> > ROSCO
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> HUH?
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> second paragraph, second line:
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> "...where it has played a large number of games without losing a single one."
Um... { "not losing" == "winning" } == FALSE
but { "not losing" & "not drawing" == "winning" } == TRUE
So Rosco's question is legit, although hair splitting, it's possible to get a
draw in Checkers (both sides have a single king, for example)
However I would consider an automaton that ALWAYS draws in checkers to actually
be a much harder problem to achieve than one that wins most of the time or even
one that always wins..
> must be all that down under summer heat eh? Ross?
He's right, you're wrong.. so what's your excuse? Too many diaper changes and
the fumes getting to your brain?
++Lar
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| (...) Um, AND tic tac toe! I was just using checkers as an example, honest. (...) This is also true in my view of tic tac toe but not as relatively hard. (23 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) HUH? second paragraph, second line: "...where it has played a large number of games without losing a single one." must be all that down under summer heat eh? Ross? :) Chris There's no 'I' in 'team'. There's four in 'platitude-quoting idiot'. (23 years ago, 18-Dec-03, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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