On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:04 PM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ya, I feel the same way a bit. Maybe there will an independent event that >> limits the hardware power. > > an extremely long time ago on this list, the idea was discussed. i > think that the semi-consensus (if i'm remembering correctly) was that > you would need to be able to log in remotely to one of a set of > identical machines to compile, optimize, etc. ahead of time. > > some people are uptight about where their binaries live and might not > participate.
Well, IMO that's not really a problem, because you could test with a dummy program (assuming you still have private access to the machine once at the playing location). I would already be much happier if the organizers found a sponsor that provided state-of-the-art standard pc's, banned remote play, and allow only what you can carry yourself to the playing location. Maybe some highly motivated people would carry in an additional factor 2 in processing power, but that's not something that can't be beaten. However, with remote supercomputers running on hundreds or thousands of processors it is tough... Erik _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
