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From MCGREW@RUTGERS.ARPA Wed Aug 15 18:41:36 1984
HUMAN-NETS Digest Wednesday, 15 Aug 1984 Volume 7 : Issue 46
Today's Topics:
Responses to Queries - Latitude and Longitude Encoding &
Hacker vs. Cracker (2 msgs),
Computers and People - People who want mail contacts,
Chess - 7th move
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Date: Thu 9 Aug 84 09:39:29-PDT
From: Ken Laws <Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Latitude and Longitude encoding question...
To: Hodges.pa@XEROX.ARPA
Cc: Astronomy^.PA@XEROX.ARPA, Kluger.pa@XEROX.ARPA
Jon Bentley presents a case for encoding latitude and longitude
as 3-D x, y, and z coordinates in his Programming Pearls column,
CACM, February 1984. The application involved finding, for each
of 20,000 points, the nearest neighbor in a set of 5,000 points
on the surface of a sphere. This computation could be carried out
far faster in rectilinear coordinates than in spherical coordinates.
-- Ken Laws
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Date: 9 August 1984 03:21-EDT
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE @ MIT-MC>
Subject: hacker vs. cracker
To: REM @ MIT-MC
Cc: wookie@ RICE
Right on. Hackers can be bu are not necessaril crackers, and
usualy are not; crackers in general cannot be hackers, and only
in exceptional circumstances know how to hack anything.
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Date: 9 August 1984 03:40-EDT
From: Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE @ MIT-MC>
To: wookie @ RICE
A hacker is admirable. A cracker is contemptible. On these two
definitions hang all the Law and the Profits.
Pournelle"s Fourth Law.
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Date: 14 Aug 84 18:37 +0200
From: Jacob_Palme_QZ%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
Subject: People who want mail contacts
Please forward the list below to all users of your CBMS
List of some users of the COM computer conferencing system at the QZ
University Computing Center in Stockholm, Sweden, who are interested
in communicating via mail networks with people with similar interests
overseas.
To send a message to any of the people below, take the name of the
person, replace spaces with underlines, and add
"%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA", at the end, e.g.
Trevor_Smith%QZCOM.MAILNET@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
+---- NAME -------+ +--- WORK --------+ +--- INTERESTS --------------+
Trevor Smith Computers Inc. Expert systems, multi-micros
Ingemar Joelsson Medical Univ. Obstetrics, Gyneology,
Message systems
Roy Goodman MacNeal-Schwendler Teleseminars,
communication design
Orjan Ekeberg NADA Techn. Univ. AI, Interactive programming
Arne Kannel RIT Techn. Univ. Synthetic fuels from biomass
Mats Ohlin Datakul Consultant SIMULA, The future
Bo Einarsson LIDAC Univ. computing Director, numerical software
Gisle Hannemyr University Cognitive ergonomics,
multi-media CBMS
Rick Blake Essex Comp. service DEC-10/20, Networks, systems
Eng-Leong Foo Medical univ. Microbiology, biocas,
nitrogen fixation
Bertil Hansson ADB University Computer science
Richard Friedman Scientific consult. Supercomputers,
array processors
B. Mahon Comp. networks Networks, human interfaces,
services
Bj|rn Larsen UiO University CBMS, LAN,
Network standards, OS
Arne Franse'n FOA1 Military Research Operations res.
Extreme values distr.
Les Hewitt ICI UK Computer Center TOPS-10, VAX/VMS
Per Lindberg QZ Univ. computing Personal comp., OS, Simula,
C, KERMIT
B.Svante Eriksson Consultant Comp. netw., protocols,
WAN, LAN, PABX
Torbjorn Lindelof CERN Program libraries, games,
AI, workstat.
Bj|rn O Fabricius University Microbiology,
Microcomputer databases
Yrjoe Solantausta Techn. research Biomass conversion
Bjorn Danielsson Univ. computing TOPS-20, LISP, PROLOG
KPJ Jaakkola QZ Univ. computing OS, error-free software
Robert Harper University Nitrogen fixation,
comp. conferencing
Willie Black Oxford University Networks, TEX,
high energy physics
Dennis Jennings University EARN, Networks,
Univ. computing
Ulf Beyschlag CERN CERN Networking, CBMS
Kari Raiha Univ. University Database theory, algorithms
Bo Janzon Military research Terminal Ballistics,
weapons effects
Gillis Een Consultant Food technology, Biotechnology
Petri Kutvonen University Comp. architecture,
perf. evaluation
Paul Bemelmans UiO University TOPS-10/20, Photography,
Scandinavia
Robert L. Fink Univ. comp. center Local networks,
remote networks
B Pehrson COSYL University Computer system design,
architecture
Hans Eriksson Tek Techn. university DEC and Nord computers
Klaas Lingbeek Agricult. univ. TOPS-10/20, VMS, UNIX,
CPM, RSX-11
Anatole Klyosov Academy of Science Biochemistry, Enzymes,
Carbohydrates
Tomas Baiget CIDC University Online systems,
micros for libraries
Hans Albertsson SUF P.T.T. VAX-11
Olle Andren SLU Agricult. univ. Soil microarthropod activity
Daniel Karrenberg University UNIX
Jacob Palme QZ Univ. comp. center Computer conferencing,
Comp. games
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Date: 11 Aug 84 2:47-PDT
From: mclure @ Sri-Unix.arpa
To: chess @ Sri-Unix, ailist @ Sri-Ai.arpa
Subject: number-cruncher vs. humans: 7th move.
The Vote Tally
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Folks, the moves are in and have been tallied.
The winner is: 6 ... a6.
The runner-up was 6 ... e5.
We had a narrow mix of moves.
One person recommended the pawn stab 6 ... h5.
I made this a somewhat faster vote so only a total of 11 votes were
cast. Please relay this message to any friends you have who might be
interested in participating. This includes non-net people. If you
are in a chess club, take along a copy of this message and get a group
vote from your club.
The Machine Moves
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The Prestige 8-ply replied 7. Bf1 from book in 0 seconds.
Humans Move # Votes
BR ** -- BQ BK BB -- BR 6 ... a6 5
** BP ** BB BP BP BP BP 6 ... e5 3
BP ** BN BP -- BN -- ** 6 ... d5 1
** -- BP -- ** -- ** -- 6 ... e6 1
-- ** -- ** WP ** -- ** 6 ... h5 1
** -- WP -- ** WN ** --
WP WP -- WP -- WP WP WP
WR WN WB WQ WR WB WK --
Prestige 8-ply
The Game So Far
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1. e4 c5 6. Re1 a6
2. Nf3 d6 7. Bf1 ???
3. Bb5+ Nc6
4. o-o Bd7
5. c3 Nf6
Commentary
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Brad Merrill, Rtillson.Merrill@DEC-MARLBORO, USCF 1902, said:
I recommend 6 ... a6. This will greatly restrict whites options.
Solicitation
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Your move, please?
Replies to Arpanet: mclure@sri-unix or Usenet:
sri-unix!mclure. DO NOT SEND REPLIES TO THE ENTIRE LIST! Just
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