Couldn't there just be two servers? There were multiple volunteers. A server with long games might draw more viewers but fewer participants. Shorter games would be more helpful for those of us working on weak 19x19 programs that other people are less interested in anyway.
- Dave Hillis -----Original Message----- From: terry mcintyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: computer-go <computer-go@computer-go.org> Sent: Sun, 28 Oct 2007 2:16 pm Subject: Re: [computer-go] 19x19 CGOS Regarding Don Dailiey's rationale for CGOS and 30-minute (or longer) time controls: a hearty AMEN! The goal here is to improve the quality of play - not merely at blitz pace, but at slower? rate more comparable to the pace of humans. Some older programs? peak at 10 minutes for a 19x19? game; they were designed to run on? 50 MHz machines,? a decade back. It might be that, for the short term, variations of Monte Carlo on? quad? cpus? can make better use of? 30 minute or longer time controls than the traditional single-threaded programs. What better incentive to the developers to? try multi-threading?? They'll need a strong incentive to do so, since it is a non-trivial step. But consumers of Go programs will benefit from stronger, more interesting competition. Don's idea of packing in blitz games between the longer games makes a lot of sense; it would enable a second track for those who want results more quickly. Many thanks to Don and everyone else for making CGOS possible! Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters. -- Daniel Webster __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org 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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