Okay, that's true too, but the virtual machine does more-or-less guarantee that the number of cycles you get on a particular instance type is consistent (with the exception of micro-instances, but we wouldn't go there anyway). Nothing short of writing our own dedicated operating system is going to guarantee absolute uniformity on *any* type of platform, but I think we all agree it's a big improvement over the current status quo.
Also, I chose AWS as my example because I really like it and it's the easiest way to easily spin up a few dozen machines for just a few hours at a time, but I'm not emotionally vested in it or anything. If we can find a university who's willing to rent out a consistent bunch of virtual hardware for a day, that's good too. For me, it's more about holding a big tournament where the post-mortem doesn't read like an autopsy. Cheers, Adrian On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Dave Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: > > * Completely predictable and uniform hardware across each competitor. > > > This isn't a realistic assumption either. The virtual environment may be > standardized, but > the physical hardware and collateral environment among all the containers > is not. > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >
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