No, no, I suppose it's not.
I stand corrected.
What happens if chess got solved?
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WestofHollywood wrote:
Wouldn't the number of computers you would need to solve chess be greater than the number of atoms in the universe?
considering a single computer probably has billions of atoms...absolutely!
Mar 27, 2011
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Gil-Gandel wrote:
Hence 10^zillion <> 1 zillion.
Is that in metric or English? 
Mar 27, 2011
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#45
at least the fantasy number called "zilion" has a mathematical definition, note ...
10 ^ (0) = 1
10 ^ (1 * 0) = 1 ^ 0
10 ^ (Zilion * 0) = Zilion ^ 0
or alternatively, if Zilion is infinity ...
10 ^ inf = inf, no problems,
1 / zilion = 0
however if zilion = 0 the identity is false
10 ^ 0 != 0
They would make the board bigger?..lol
I strongly suspect the answer is 42.
Here_Is_Plenty wrote:
I strongly suspect the answer is 42.
OTOH, they built this mind-boggling huge computer to discover the question to life, the universe and everything. Unfortunately it was blown up by Vogons to make room for an intergalactic highway.
TheGrobe wrote:
rich wrote:
the first move to solving chess is 1.g4
Well, I do suspect that this starting position might prove easier to solve, anyway:
I think the next move is 1...d5...
Mar 27, 2011
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#50
Checkers has been solved, hasn't it? And people still play that.
Also, as mentioned before, anyone over the age of 12 can solve Tic-Tac Toe without a computer, but that is still a very popular game.
Chess being solved would not change everyday play much at all, except for slight preperation advances. In fact, a computer might lead a person into a line that he/she could never win because of rediculous complications.
Look at some variations, tell myself "yeah i knew that was winning/losing/draw" And look for another game to play, something more "mystical"
Chess will be solved on the 21st of December, 2012.
Deranged wrote:
Chess will be solved on the 21st of December, 2012.
no, this planet will be...when all H breaks loose!!
Mar 28, 2011
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#54
But a different group of wackos says we won't even make it until 2012. Harold Camping likes October 21, 2011 as his latest doomsday pick. Of course, he also said that about September, 1994.
10^0 is not equal to 0.