I don't think it's a coincedence that the number of possible games already had a name. I would guess that the Buddists gave that word to that number because of the game.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 11:59 AM, terry mcintyre <[email protected]> wrote: > The article says that the name of the program, Akara, is a Buddhist word > which means "10 to the 224th power" -- which suggests an origin much earlier > than "back in the 90s", and a rather interesting numerical system. Why would > the 224th power of 10 be a single word? > 224 = 32 * 7 = 2^5 * 7 > There is probably an interesting reason to consider 224 as a "special" > number in some taxonomy of numbers. Perhaps it is a series of powers of 2 > times 7 ==> 14, 28, 56, 112, 224 > > Terry McIntyre <[email protected]> > > Unix/Linux Systems Administration > Taking time to do it right saves having to do it twice. > > ________________________________ > From: David Fotland <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, October 29, 2010 11:49:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Team Play (was: Shogi-News...) > > I think you mean 64-bit word :) 2^64 is inconceivably less than 10^224. > > David > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of steve uurtamo >> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2010 4:48 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Computer-go] Team Play (was: Shogi-News...) >> >> dunno, but even back in the 90's there were 64-byte word machines. >> which isn't inconceivably less than what you're looking for. >> >> s. >> >> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:20 PM, terry mcintyre >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I just have to ask: in what sort of numerical system is 10 to the 224th >> > power a single word? >> > >> > >> > Terry McIntyre <[email protected]> >> > >> > Unix/Linux Systems Administration >> > Taking time to do it right saves having to do it twice. >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Darren Cook <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Thu, October 28, 2010 8:09:25 PM >> > Subject: [Computer-go] Team Play (was: Shogi-News...) >> > >> >> best female shogi player lost against a "computer". >> > >> > http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20101012p2a00m0na012000c.html >> > >> >> The computer consisted of 3 or 4 different programs, >> >> teamed up in some way. Maybe, Darren Cook can get >> >> ideas from this for his bot-team which has to play >> >> against John Tromp in December 2010 in London. >> > >> > I've already been pursuing this idea, as I think it is very promising. >> > In addition to the unscientific evidence from my sm9 project, I was >> > delighted to discover at CG2010 that there were two papers (by the same >> > authors) on the subject of team play that give some rigorous results: >> > Consultation Algorithm for computer Shogi: Move Decisions by Majority >> > Optimistic Select Rule better than Majority Voting System >> > >> > Even 3-4 instances of the same program, each with some random noise >> > added, is able to beat the same program. >> > >> > Once you have multiple programs with very different strengths, covering >> > each other's weaknesses, the gain in strength can be very significant. >> > >> > Another advantage is it scales very naturally to a cluster. >> > >> > I have a script that runs for 9x9, controlling Fuego, Mogo, Gnugo, >> > Valkyria and Many Faces, using GTP and TCP/IP sockets. But it needs work >> > to be more stable, is untested on 19x19, and has no time control (it is >> > designed so I can say: "talk among yourselves, take as long as you need, >> > and tell me the best move in this situation"). So, I'm fairly >> > pessimistic it could be used in December. >> > >> > Darren >> > >> > -- >> > Darren Cook, Software Researcher/Developer >> > >> > http://dcook.org/gobet/ (Shodan Go Bet - who will win?) >> > http://dcook.org/work/ (About me and my work) >> > http://dcook.org/blogs.html (My blogs and articles) >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Computer-go mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Computer-go mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Computer-go mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > > > _______________________________________________ > Computer-go mailing list > [email protected] > http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
