The Man vs The Machine

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Adam Hair
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The Man vs The Machine

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A short film from the website FiveThirtyEight and ESPN about the second match between Kasparov and Deep Blue:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the ... s-signals/
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Re: The Man vs The Machine

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Adam Hair wrote:A short film from the website FiveThirtyEight and ESPN about the second match between Kasparov and Deep Blue:
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the ... s-signals/
Very Good! Thank You!
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This is the one you really want to watch. I watched it some months back and it was great: "Game Over-Kasparov And The Machine (2003) FULL Documentary" --- http://bit.ly/1tjhpmS
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Here is an excerpted chapter from the book "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t" which served as the inspiration for the short documentary:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/rag ... nes/#ss-53
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Adam Hair wrote:Here is an excerpted chapter from the book "The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t" which served as the inspiration for the short documentary:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/rag ... nes/#ss-53
I read that book a while ago when I was on a book gorging fest. I think in layman's terms it equates to,"Poop happens"
"Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken." (Dune - 1984)

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Re: The Man vs The Machine

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Yeah ... good one! Thanks.
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