???? Much of the work going on happens in universities and is funded just like other work there. It probably adds up to some real money when you consider all of the salaries and equipment. But there isn't always a line item called "computer go."
???? All that research money that went into chess once upon a time wasn't because the world needed a better chess program as an end in itself. I wonder how the sponsors feel about their return on investment wrt computer chess. - Dave Hillis -----Original Message----- From: David Doshay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: computer-go <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 1:54 pm Subject: Re: [computer-go] 9x9 games wanted and the next big challenge On 8, Jul 2007, at 2:51 AM, chrilly wrote:? ? > If it would be really a big challenge, there would be some money.? ? According to Herodotus "The Histories" right after king Xerxes of Persia lost 20,000 men at Thermopylae fighting 300 Spartans and a collection of less than 100 others, a few Arcadian deserters informed Xerxes that the Greeks were celebrating the Olympic festival. When asked what the prize was for which the men contended, they mentioned the wreaths of olive leaves. Tritantaechmes, upon hearing that the prize was not a large sum of money, cried out "Good heavens, what kind of men have you brought us to fight against - men who compete with one another for no material reward, but only for honour!"? ? About 20 years ago I asked another physics student who was known as a good programmer to join me in an attempt to win the Ing prize. His answer was "If we are good enough to win the Ing then we can make far more than a million in less time just working in Silicon Valley." He was right.? ? If it were easy it would have been done by now. It is NOT easy, and thus it IS a really big challenge.? ? Cheers,? David? _______________________________________________? computer-go mailing list? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/? ________________________________________________________________________ Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and industry-leading spam and email virus protection.
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