Thursday, August 08, 2002

BishopKasparov is about to face a new computer opponent, Deep Junior [here]. Unlike Deep Blue, which was able to beat Kasparov in 1997 using propitious amounts of computing power (256 processors), Deep Junior runs on only two processors. The challenge is really about making computer chess opponents smarter instead of simply more powerful.
11:29:11 AM    


I feel like today I just experienced the future of spam... it will be rare! I just installed the open-source email immune system called SpamAssassin [here]. This software takes cues from biological immune systems to recognize spam and destroy it. It also uses various other systems like Vipul's Razor and RBL to increase its effectiveness. The new question is, will the spammers be able to thwart this new network of spam blocking techniques?
12:27:38 AM    

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