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caught in the fire: August 2007

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007. I wrote some posts a long time ago regarding the possibility of being able to stop the aging process [edit: actually, only two posts it would seem. I had planned more.] some time in the future (which seems like a likely possibility), specifically arguing against the arguments against non-aging. A substantial number of people dislike (even hate) the idea of non-aging, and prefer to age and die. I don't. If so, is that a problem? Fifthly, at some point in the future we will probab...

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caught in the fire: Chess -- CCT-rule revisted

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007. Chess - CCT-rule revisted. The CCT-rule, as I've explained, is the check/capture/threat rule. That these things should all be checked (all moves that fall under these, it's usually not that many and you don't need to go that deep within each), and in that order. This is what I've discovered using it:. The "capture"-part has a tight connection to "pressure" (that I've written about) and "removal of the guard" (a tactical manoeuvre). Every possible capture is a "pressure poin...

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caught in the fire: Babylon : Report

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Tuesday, August 07, 2007. A new post on my chess program. I've mostly been improving the design, but some improvement in playing strength too. New games included in the end. Most of what I've done since my last report is structuring the code. The major change is large scale modularization (my fifth design principle, identified here. What iterative deepening is: playing without it (usually) means searching to a fixed depth. For example, the chess engine always thinks 5 plies deep ( quiescence search.

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caught in the fire: May 2007

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Thursday, May 31, 2007. Chess program, methodology, inefficiencies (part 1). Needs to be done). Is there any way to always be logged in at blogger? It annoys me having to log in every time, even if it only takes a click.). Links to this post. Tuesday, May 29, 2007. Positional elements and what to do. Know what to do in those, achieving the breakthrough.). This and tactics is the way to improve, I think. Much of this is tightly related to things I've already written about, but it's not exactly the same.

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caught in the fire: GTD, chess and Objectivism

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Monday, May 14, 2007. GTD, chess and Objectivism. There are some parallels between these. Ayn Rand considers the three cardinal values in life to be reason, purpose and self-esteem. In GTD the the two big questions are what you want to achieve (or in other words, what's your purpose? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Caught in the Fire. My new blog is located at mythology.nu. View my complete profile. Chess program, methodology, inefficiencies (part 1. Positional elements and what to do. TV shows, top 8.

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caught in the fire: Storytelling: plots

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Tuesday, August 14, 2007. In writing is to list the number of possible (basic) plots. Some (many? Writers have done some thinking on that, and come up numbers ranging from 1 ("stuff happens") to 100, and anything in between. One popular number seems to be 7, as in this book called " The Seven Basic Plots. One writer claiming that there are 20 plots, and here's. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Caught in the Fire. My new blog is located at mythology.nu. View my complete profile. GNU chess, evaluation.

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caught in the fire: two sets of principles: PGA and PGU

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Saturday, August 04, 2007. Two sets of principles: PGA and PGU. I think it's a good idea to differentiate between two different set of principles (not just in chess but generally): principles to guide action (let's call it PGA), and principles to guide understanding (PGU). The latter is usually in the form of a classification. Thank you. excellent! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Caught in the Fire. My new blog is located at mythology.nu. View my complete profile. The PGA and PGU of chess tactics.

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caught in the fire: Grand Master Chess for free

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Sunday, August 05, 2007. Grand Master Chess for free. Just thought I'd tell you that Grand Master Chess (14.95$) is given away for free today at give-away-of-the-day. I've been checking GAotD every day since it started, and found some really valuable and useful software.). I'm downloading it right now, so I haven't tried it yet. Update 2: Maybe I was too harsh. It does look great, which I appreciate. Still, the old free version of Fritz (see link in left frame) is better. Caught in the Fire.

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caught in the fire: anti-aging: overpopulation

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Tuesday, August 28, 2007. I wrote some posts a long time ago regarding the possibility of being able to stop the aging process [edit: actually, only two posts it would seem. I had planned more.] some time in the future (which seems like a likely possibility), specifically arguing against the arguments against non-aging. A substantial number of people dislike (even hate) the idea of non-aging, and prefer to age and die. I don't. If so, is that a problem? Fifthly, at some point in the future we will probab...