ah, thanks. that answers what my actual question was, which is if the rule was intended to limit the hardware, or to limit the expense.
thanks, s. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Nick Wedd <[email protected]> wrote: > In message <[email protected]>, > steve uurtamo <[email protected]> writes >> >> i am going to assume that donated hardware violates the spirit of "the >> best hardware under $5000", correct? > > My opinion, as referee, is that the hardware must be identical to hardware > for sale, in the normal course of trade, at that price. How Darren actually > gets his hands on it is irrelevant. He can buy it, rent it, or borrow it. > > Nick > >> s. >> >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:17 PM, David Fotland <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I can confirm that John was playing a version running on a 4-core 2.2 >>> GHz, >>> Core2 Quad. The engine had a few minor changes since Kanazawa, but no >>> significant changes in strength. >>> >>> Your best chance would be to get the biggest SMP machine you can. Many >>> Faces' cluster code is broken, and there is no guarantee I can fix it >>> before >>> the end of the year. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> David >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:computer-go- >>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Darren Cook >>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 2:49 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: [Computer-go] Many Faces vs. Tromp >>>> >>>> Seemingly in preparation for the shodan go bet event (being held at the >>>> end of December in central London): >>>> http://www.gokgs.com/gameArchives.jsp?user=tromp&year=2010&month=10 >>>> >>>> 3-1 to Tromp :-( >>>> But better than 4-0 :-) >>>> >>>> I think ManyFaces2 is a recent version of the software, running on >>>> 4-cores. (ManyFaces1 runs on 12-cores, which is the one with the 2d >>>> ranking [1].) >>>> >>>> Incidentally, according to this page, and assuming John is a European >>>> 2-dan, then the program needs to be KGS 4-dan to have a 50% chance: >>>> http://senseis.xmp.net/?RankWorldwideComparison >>>> >>>> Darren >>>> >>>> [1]: http://www.gokgs.com/graphPage.jsp?user=ManyFaces1 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 > > -- > Nick Wedd [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > 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
