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These fluffy, pseudo-philosophical ramblings are entertaining and are good fodder for dinner conversation, but they don't interest me much. Deep Blue's triumph ultimately says very little about the human spirit except that it is possible for a group of chess and computer wonks to build a machine that can beat the world's reigning chess champion. Deep Blue didn't and couldn't learn a single thing throughout the match, as it relied on its sheer processing power to calculate its next move. Relentless computation is not artificial intelligence...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: Computer Chess Is Just Not Real | 5/12/1997 | See Source »

...NATURE OF DENOUEMENT] Difficult. The status of the union has been tabloid fodder before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 28, 1997 | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

...distinguished soldier, author and UN diplomat. In World War II, he landed on the beaches of Normandy as an officer in the British army, fought in the 1948 and 1967 wars and rose to become Israel's first chief of military intelligence. These experiences provided him with the fodder for several books on Israeli military history. Despite this, Nelan notes that Herzog's deep involvement in Israeli's armed forces did not prevent him from seeing the possibility of a reconciliation in the Middle East. "People will remember him not only as a warrior, but as a man who always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chaim Herzog Dead at 78 | 4/17/1997 | See Source »

...spirit to the handheld market. The Newton was the world's first "personal digital assistant" and was supposed to rejuvenate the flagging company. But if the Mac quacked, the Newton gobbled like a turkey. Critics decried its buggy handwriting-recognition system and boutique price. It was dismissed as Doonesbury fodder soon after its 1992 release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A CRISIS OF FAITH | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...series certainly has no shortage of rerun fodder for such a venture. During its decade on-air, Biography has produced more than 480 episodes, looking at subjects from Jesus Christ and Julius Caesar to Howard Stern and Judy Garland. Each hour (occasional specials air at two hours) moves along economically, dwelling on no single aspect of a person's life but rather cramming in the whole cradle-to-grave (or cradle-to-this-minute) story. While a filmmaker could produce an entire documentary on the subject of, say, Attila the Hun's retreat from Rome, Biography's look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THESE ARE THEIR LIVES | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

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