Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Boah, what a hammer! Congratulations to Remi! What a nice Easter surprise! Ingo (swimming in exclamation marks!) Original-Nachricht Datum: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:20:44 -0700 Von: David Fotland fotl...@smart-games.com An: computer-go@dvandva.org Betreff: [Computer-go] New

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread dave.devos
So John Tromp was just in time with his bet! Van: computer-go-boun...@dvandva.org namens David Fotland Verzonden: za 23-4-2011 8:20 Aan: computer-go@dvandva.org Onderwerp: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now Playing as bonobot on a 24 core SMP

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Aja
Welcome back, Crazy Stone! Aja - Original Message - From: Ingo Althöfer 3-hirn-ver...@gmx.de To: computer-go@dvandva.org Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now Boah, what a hammer! Congratulations to Remi! What a nice

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Von: dave.de...@planet.nl So John Tromp was just in time with his bet! Yes. Spreading a rumor: Was Remi payed by John to delay the coming-out of BonoBot to 2011? Ingo. PS. I like the wordplay in BonoBot - sounding similar to BonoBo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo -- GMX DSL

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Rémi Coulom
On 23 avr. 2011, at 16:44, Jason House wrote: Wow, congratulations. Was there anything that caused a big strength jump, or was it lots of little improvements? Sent from my iPhone Thanks. I had stopped working on Crazy Stone for about two years after winning the second UEC Cup. But I was

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Michael Williams
Amazing. Imagine if this guy worked on Crazy Stone all of the time! On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Rémi Coulom remi.cou...@free.fr wrote: On 23 avr. 2011, at 16:44, Jason House wrote: Wow, congratulations. Was there anything that caused a big strength jump, or was it lots of little

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Aja
I will get my PhD at the end of July and I am sincerely grateful, from my deepest heart, for Rémi's supervision in my PhD career. Rémi is really a guy full of ideas. Mostly I was only experimenting on his innovations, though I also came up with some new ideas on my own. We share many ideas

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Robert Jasiek
I think it is not real world 5d yet but strongest 19x19 I have seen so far. I have not got a chance to play it yet; new games are started before I see any game offer. -- robert jasiek ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@dvandva.org

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Rémi Coulom
I am not sure Crazy Stone would be stronger if I had not stopped. Working with Aja on his program helped me a lot. Two programmers exchanging ideas make faster progress than one programmer alone. I am very grateful to Aja. He gave me a lot of good ideas. We had a very productive cooperation.

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Jean-loup Gailly
I will get my PhD at the end of July Will the magic secrets behind the strength of Erica and Bonobot be revealed then? Jean-loup ___ Computer-go mailing list Computer-go@dvandva.org http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Aja
Hi Jean-loup, It depends on the supervisor of this thesis. :) Seriously, since Crazy Stone is a commerical program now, the ideas that were produced completely by Remi himself should be properly kept for his own choices. For my own ideas, of course I will describe some that really help

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hello Aja, But I will avoid technical details to fulfill the academic principles. I don't understand this. What academic principals are you refering to? Nothing special. Just something like “don’t copy/paste the source code, but describe by pseudo code” and “describe the algorithms but

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Rémi Coulom
On 23 avr. 2011, at 19:43, Ingo Althöfer wrote: Of course, having in mind history from computer chess (Fabien Letouzy and his Fruit), the best for progress of the comp-go scene as a whole would be to make Erica public domain under some of the common license agreements. Well, I am not

Re: [Computer-go] New Crazystone is 5D on KGS now

2011-04-23 Thread Ingo Althöfer
Hi Remi, Von: Rémi Coulom remi.cou...@free.fr On 23 avr. 2011, at 19:43, Ingo Althöfer wrote: Of course, having in mind history from computer chess (Fabien Letouzy and his Fruit), ... Well, I am not sure Fabien enjoyed all the consequences of open-sourcing his program :-) Agreed. But