Only by caparison.

The problem with this approach is that it decreases the realism of the AI player. When you reduce the amount of computation, the AI will begin to make incredibly stupid mistakes -- mistakes that are so stupid, no human would ever make them.

The author has obviously never played chess with me.

14 hours in a datacenter and you don't have time to read slashdot? You're doing something wrong.

Someone's money earns them the right to have fancy cars and mansions. For better or worse, it also lets them afford bail and expensive lawyers. Don't punish people for their success... or the success of their family (Hilton).

Except that bail isn't meant to be punishment, it's meant to be a deterrent from fleeing the court. $1000 might be enough to induce a high school dropout working at 7-11 to return to court, the same amount wouldn't work on Bill Gates. It's bail not a fine, you get it back unless you skip town.

Nothing more to say really.

Selfish prick eh? Believe me that cop will change his behavior much more quickly after a large lawsuit in which he is revealed to be an complete idiot than he would after arguing with and tazing a skinny nerd with a camera. I learned a long time ago that arguing with morons is pointless and painful. It's much better to call them out in a public forum where it can be publicly and systematically determined that they are wrong.

If you want to defend your rights by fighting with cops go ahead. See how far that gets you.

Aye, no argument from me. I am a gun toting liberal all the way. People in power need to remember that the citizenry is armed. I am little confused about the "restored" part of your comment tho. I can buy guns no problem where I live as long as I'm not insane or a felon. I haven't tried to buy a tazer tho..

Your double negative doesn't not un-confuse me.

I shouldn't have to get tased to stand up for my rights. Since cops are so taser happy these days I'd rather take the sneaky approach. There is no way I can physically stand up to guys with guns, batons, and tazers but most third graders can easily outsmart most cops. I'd rather take them on in a way where I can get what I want and then sue the crap out of them later. Better to let them think they have won and temporarily satisfy their macho self image only to prove to them how stupid they are later.

Now if we start hiring intelligent, trained police officers I might change my tune. But I don't see that happening anytime soon.

If only we could get all of the religious nutjobs in the world to go to an island and kill each other off there so the rest of us could get on with living in peace. I am sick and tired of hearing about all these so called "peaceful religions" killing each other becuase they don't like the fairytale the other side believes in. I'm at the point now where I can't wait till they finish killing each other off so the rest of us can relax and enjoy life...

If only they didn't take so many bystanders with them....

Of course I don't buy music from iTunes either. But I know people who do and they don't notice it either. I don't really care either way. I steal all of my media from bit torrent sites anyway and apple products are nifty so Imma keep buyin them. Whenever the powers that be come up with a new way to try to restrict bits some geek somewhere finds a way around it. The actions of corporations in this arena are meaningless.