| Kasparov vs. Computer Showdown! |
Posted by just_dave on Monday, January 27 @ 13:09:05 UTC (5539 reads) |
It has been a long wait for Garry Kasparov - five years and eight months, to be exact. But now the world's number one chess player has the chance to get his own back after he stunned the world of chess by losing to a computer in 1997.
In a six-game contest that began on Sunday night in New York, Mr Kasparov, officially the highest rated player in the 1,500-year history of the game, takes on Deep Junior, an Israeli-designed program and world computer chess champion.
With at least a day's rest between games, each of which may last up to seven hours, it will be another six days at the earliest before a winner emerges. Many believe the result will hang on the last game, which is scheduled for February 7.
The contest is billed as the ultimate showdown between man and machine. "[The match] is very important for the game of chess and the human race as a whole," Mr Kasparov said. He added that he hoped "to prove human players are not hopeless".
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| Master of Orion 3 has Gone Gold! |
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Posted by just_dave on Friday, January 24 @ 17:46:20 UTC (9397 reads) |
Finally, after many delays and 6 long years of waiting, the sequal to one of the best strategy series of all time has come! The game should be in stores mid to late February.
http://www.moo3.com
http://www.apolyton.com
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| Call To Arms!! |
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Posted by just_dave on Saturday, January 18 @ 10:54:09 UTC (3824 reads) |
I'm forming a permanent DigiPen squad/clan for the New Conglomerite. So far we've got a medic (me), a transporter/hacker, an engineer, a weapons specialist, and a covert ops/hacker. If we can't find any more support internally, we're thinking of taking DetNet applications for honerary [dP]s. Email me if you're interested.
http://www.personguy.net/
Has anyone else started to form your clans? See ya on the battle field.
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| Violent Computer Games Leak Violence Into Real Life! |
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Posted by just_dave on Wednesday, January 01 @ 13:32:11 UTC (7749 reads) |
LA City May Impose Restrictions On Cyber Cafes!
L.A. councilman urges security measures at the venues after two teens are hurt in the Valley.
By Richard Fausset and Karima Haynes, Times Staff Writers
As police searched for suspects in a melee and gunfight that left two teenagers injured outside an Internet cafe in Northridge, Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine on Tuesday called for new regulations on coffee shops specializing in realistic and often violent online video games.
According to police, one teenage boy was shot in the leg and another was hit over the head with a chair during a fight with six other boys outside the NetStreet Internet Cafe about 8 p.m. Monday. The cafe had been hosting a $300 prize tournament for "Counter-Strike," a computer shoot-'em-up game.
Police said the argument had nothing to do with the tournament. But Zine said it was time for the city to prevent the real-world violence that some of the so-called cyber cafes have been attracting.
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| Another Candidate For The Darwin Awards; |
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Posted by just_dave on Wednesday, October 09 @ 21:52:45 UTC (23047 reads) |
Would you play games for 86 hours non-stop?
This moron did, and died slumped over on a toilet.
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| Humans Can Still Beat The Computer At Chess! |
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Posted by just_dave on Wednesday, October 09 @ 17:48:39 UTC (15921 reads) |
Note from the Editor: Anyone here still play chess???
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