$5000 would also buy a lot of cycles on Amazon. Mark
On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:52 AM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: > i should add: because i'm sure that people would be willing to donate > large cycles if it would help. > > :) > > s. > > On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 3:32 PM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 > _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
