I must agree with Bob here. A human could position the pieces precisely
enough to be indistinguishable from computer alignment as viewed by
another human. Even without taking rendering or screen resolution into
account.

I also like Ryan's idea of programing the POV animation to vary the
precision of piece placement. It could reflect the personality of the
virtual chess player ;-)

Harold

"Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote in message
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> "Ryan Constantine" <rcc### [at] ucdavisedu> wrote in message
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> > 'perfectly aligned' by a human still isn't perfect.  iirc, we can see
> > down to about 4/1000 of an inch which is pretty small, but that doesn't
> > mean we can make our hands move things by such slight amounts.  you
> > would still need a robot to position the pieces 'exactly'.
>
> Okay, but for 3D modelling I'd be willing to bet the typical render
> resolution disallows that accuracy with which you say a human can manage.
> Or would I lose that bet?  Hmmm.  1/250 of an inch on a 19" screen at
> 1024x768 for example?  I think that's about 70 pixels per inch... maybe,
or
> something like 1/70 an inch of accuracy possible.
>
> Bob H.
>
>

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