Re: [computer-go] How to properly implement RAVE?

2009-01-10 Thread Isaac Deutsch
Hi Sylvain, I think it's starting to make sense now. :-) Sorry to be unclear. I wish we have a white board where we could discuss and that would sorted out in a few minutes :). Several results turn up in a google search ;p http://www.google.com/search?q=online+white+board What I tried to

Re: [computer-go] [Fwd: ICGA Events 2009 in Pamplona]

2009-01-10 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
terry mcintyre wrote: I notice that the 2008 icga chess tournament is limited to 8 cores. David Levy's justification seems curious to me. He mentions that an early microcomputer held its own against a mighty mainframe, and that many top chess programs run on PCs, but he wishes to discourage

Re: [computer-go] Re: Hardware limits

2009-01-10 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Dave Dyer wrote: I think general hardware limits are good, because they will permit more teams to be competitive without altering the nature of the competition. So in effect, it's an admission that the strength of some teams should be crippled in a completely arbitrary way, because they

Re: [computer-go] Re: Hardware limits

2009-01-10 Thread Mark Boon
On Jan 10, 2009, at 8:16 AM, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: Dave Dyer wrote: I think general hardware limits are good, because they will permit more teams to be competitive without altering the nature of the competition. So in effect, it's an admission that the strength of some teams should be

[computer-go] Re: GCP on ICGA Events 2009 in Pamplona

2009-01-10 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hello Gian-Carlo, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: The computer chess forums are ablaze with protests, because ... [But] the decision seems to have been cast in stone, with no amount of protest still being able to reverse it. I think, this is indeed the case. But at least YOU would have reason

Re: [computer-go] Re: Hardware limits

2009-01-10 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Mark Boon wrote: Please, don't sneer. ??? I have seen a lot of discussion, but no good reasons that make sense for the decision that was made. What Davy Dyer said IS a good reason, and most likely the real one. But the people in favor of the decision will not like to admit this. So it's good

Re: [computer-go] Re: GCP on ICGA Events 2009 in Pamplona

2009-01-10 Thread Gian-Carlo Pascutto
Ingo Althöfer wrote: What prevents you from freezing in your chess activities for the next few months and hobbying full (free) time on computer go. The amount of chess players compared to the amount of go players. -- GCP ___ computer-go mailing

Re: [computer-go] Black/White winning rates with random playout?

2009-01-10 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le jeudi 8 janvier 2009, Nuno Milheiro a écrit : It seems normal to me, Blac is only one play ahead, which value is several points (probably 7,5 hence the komi value) given intelligent play, given random play the value of one more move may be only one point. You should try with more komi

Re: [computer-go] Black/White winning rates with random playout?

2009-01-10 Thread Ernest Galbrun
Hello everyone, I am trying to do some genetic experiment with virtual go players I programmed using basic neuronal network technology. The principle is to test my randomly mutated players against each other and to kill the losers. I have used Opengo library to make my players play against each

[computer-go] a program to enforce a game between two computer ?

2009-01-10 Thread Ernest Galbrun
Hello everyone, I am trying to do some genetic experiment with virtual go players I programmed using basic neuronal network technology. The principle is to test my randomly mutated players against each other and to kill the losers. I have used Opengo library to make my players play against each