BBC NEWS | Magazine | Only a pawn in its game

Hydra, latest Chess supercomputer is about to take on British No.1 and World No.7 Michael Adams, and some comments from the news somehow makes the hairs on back of my neck stand up - as if there is some unknown danger around – some otherwise dormant sense kicks in - survival instincts may be?


And even the most arrogant human opponent does not give you a running tally of how thoroughly it is beating you, while it is doing it. The machine takes no pleasure in trouncing you and can't even go for a pint afterwards.

Blunders are the best illustration of why machines have an edge over humans. A human can have a bad night's sleep, hear some bad news, or have too much to drink the night before, and suffer.

Republic of Ireland Public holidays 2005

I am tired of searching for this list over and again, so here goes the list:

January 1 and January 3 (New Year)
March 17 (St Patrick's Day)
March 25 (Good Friday - bank holiday only)
March 28 (Easter Monday)
May 2 (in lieu of May Day)
June 6 (Spring Holiday)
August 1 (Summer Holiday)
October 31 (Hallowe'en)
December 25 (Christmas Day)
December 26 (St Stephen's Day)
December 27, 28

Luna

Luna
Originally uploaded by chunangadan.

Another close-up of Luna, she just loves the attention, camera and everything!

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if(!(false)) {
{
logger.debug("FATAL:" + " Highly amoooozing!!");
}
}



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Squeaky Chase!

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Originally uploaded by chunangadan.

Ah, the fresh, crisp and sunny May a morning in Ireland, and Luna is canâ??t wait to start a game of squeaky chase!