Re: [computer-go] CGOS down?

2007-08-21 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 13:20 -0400, Jason House wrote: Does the server normally have this many issues? Yes. There is some bug I haven't spent much time looking for. I think I'm going to spend some time today trying to fix it. I'm wasting more time restarting the server than I would fixing

Re: [computer-go] CGOS down?

2007-08-21 Thread Jason House
Thanks for continuing to maintain such a nice service for the computer go community. I too will be tracking down a bug today... CGOS seems to have highlighted at least one severe problem in my bot. On 8/21/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 13:20 -0400, Jason House

[computer-go] CGOS down?

2007-08-20 Thread Jason House
cgosview9x9 shows game 101909, MindReader(1953) vs. MonteGNU(2116), to in progress with no stones ever played in it. http://cgos.boardspace.net/9x9/standings.html seems to show both opponents playing in a different active game (along with many others). It looks like the web page shows a different

Re: [computer-go] CGOS down?

2007-08-20 Thread Don Dailey
I haven't been watching it very closely because I've been out of town for a while. I restarted the server, let me know if it looks like there is still a problem. - Don On Mon, 2007-08-20 at 14:10 -0400, Jason House wrote: cgosview9x9 shows game 101909, MindReader(1953) vs. MonteGNU(2116),

[computer-go] CGOS

2007-07-21 Thread Don Dailey
CGOS is back up and running. I'm not sure what the status of the machine is. - Don ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

[computer-go] CGOS hardware

2007-07-20 Thread Don Dailey
Apparently there are more hardware issues with CGOS. The machine is down right now. So it will be a few hours before I can bring the software back up. Sorry about the problems. - Don ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

[computer-go] cgos: game rules

2007-07-16 Thread Joshua Shriver
Curious what game rules does CGOS use? I noticed when viewing some engines will pass pass and end, while some will play all the way till everything is pretty much filled in which I believe is Chinese rules. I'm a little confused over the rules so perhaps I'm not stating it correctly or not

Re: [computer-go] CGOS down

2007-07-14 Thread Don Dailey
I brought CGOS back on-line and it seems to be ok now. - Don On Sat, 2007-07-14 at 09:01 -0400, Don Dailey wrote: CGOS is down and may be for a few hours. There is apparently a problem with the disk array and ETA is sometime this afternoon before it's back and running. Sorry about the

Re: [computer-go] Cgos problems and resignation

2007-07-09 Thread Gunnar Farneb�ck
Don wrote: On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 12:53 +0200, Magnus Persson wrote: I just had an exception in Valkyria because it recieved play b resign from the server. As far as I know CGOS used to to send nothing to the winner when a program resigned. Am I wrong or has this something to do

Re: [computer-go] Cgos problems and resignation

2007-07-09 Thread Don Dailey
Ok, my bad.I will take it out of the next client version. If it causes anyone trouble it can easily be removed from the client, just let me know. - Don On Mon, 2007-07-09 at 23:24 +0200, Gunnar Farnebäck wrote: Don wrote: On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 12:53 +0200, Magnus Persson wrote: I

[computer-go] Cgos problems and resignation

2007-07-08 Thread Magnus Persson
I just had an exception in Valkyria because it recieved play b resign from the server. As far as I know CGOS used to to send nothing to the winner when a program resigned. Am I wrong or has this something to do with the current stability problems of CGOS? Her is the end of the log. Game was

Re: [computer-go] Cgos problems and resignation

2007-07-08 Thread Don Dailey
On Sun, 2007-07-08 at 12:53 +0200, Magnus Persson wrote: I just had an exception in Valkyria because it recieved play b resign from the server. As far as I know CGOS used to to send nothing to the winner when a program resigned. Am I wrong or has this something to do with the current

Re: [computer-go] CGOS game records

2007-07-07 Thread Joshua Shriver
Greetings, I tried grabbing the cgos game db's but they don't appear to be valid. Is it down or have the files been moved? -Josh On 5/21/06, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have provided a way for anyone to retrieve all the CGOS game records due to many requests for all or part of the

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19

2007-06-28 Thread Don Dailey
I think it's a server bug. It doesn't know what to do when only 2 program are playing. I restarted the gnugo anchor. - Don On Thu, 2007-06-28 at 22:37 -0400, Don Dailey wrote: It looked somehow wedged, but I restarted it. I see only 2 programs playing on it, both myCtest version. -

[computer-go] CGOS up and running.

2007-05-23 Thread Don Dailey
CGOS is back up, both 9x9 and 19x19. - Don ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

[computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
Ok the 19x19 server is almost ready. I would like to get 3 or 4 volunteers to run a copy of the Anchor. The Anchor will be GnuGo 3.7.10 with these parameters: gnugo --mode gtp --score aftermath --capture-all-dead --chinese-rules The idea is to have at least 1 or 2 playing at any given time

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Joshua Shriver
I can run one. Let me know I can set it up tonight. -Josh On 5/22/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok the 19x19 server is almost ready. I would like to get 3 or 4 volunteers to run a copy of the Anchor. The Anchor will be GnuGo 3.7.10 with these parameters: gnugo --mode gtp --score

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 17:35 +0200, Heikki Levanto wrote: How about GnuGo-3.7.10-H Ok - I'm setting up GnuGo-3.7.10-H as an anchor. - Don ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
I just sent out instructions on how to get on the server. All I need to know is the exact name you want to use on CGOS and I can set it up as an Anchor. Be sure to run it exactly as specified using GnuGo 3.7.10 - Don On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 11:35 -0400, Joshua Shriver wrote: I can run one.

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread nando
On 5/22/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok the 19x19 server is almost ready. I would like to get 3 or 4 volunteers to run a copy of the Anchor. The Anchor will be GnuGo 3.7.10 with these parameters: gnugo --mode gtp --score aftermath --capture-all-dead --chinese-rules In GTP mode,

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Ephrim Khong
Don Dailey wrote: I would like to get 3 or 4 volunteers to run a copy of the Anchor. [...] The Anchors will be fixed at 1800 ELO. Just a thought: couldn't different speeds of the computers running the Anchors lead to differnt strengths? eph ___

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
/ security [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message From: Heikki Levanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: computer-go computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:35:50 AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready. On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:22:19AM -0400, Don Dailey

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Christoph Birk
On Tue, 22 May 2007, Don Dailey wrote: Ok the 19x19 server is almost ready. I would like to get 3 or 4 volunteers to run a copy of the Anchor. The Anchor will be GnuGo 3.7.10 with these parameters: gnugo --mode gtp --score aftermath --capture-all-dead --chinese-rules Did you ever say which

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
OK, everyone running a GnuGo anchor needs to know this. Let's make the default level be level 8 - since we want to be able to very comfortably run this on slow hardware. So let's make this the command for gnugo: gnugo --mode gtp --score aftermath --capture-all-dead

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 19:47 +0200, Ephrim Khong wrote: Don Dailey wrote: I would like to get 3 or 4 volunteers to run a copy of the Anchor. [...] The Anchors will be fixed at 1800 ELO. Just a thought: couldn't different speeds of the computers running the Anchors lead to differnt

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread terry mcintyre
22, 2007 10:52:13 AM Subject: Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready. On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 09:29 -0700, terry mcintyre wrote: I can set up tomorrow. How about TMGnuGo3_7_10 or something like that? How about TMGnuGo-3.7.10 which is a more conventional notation? I have set up TMGnuGo-3.7.10

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Chris Fant
I think that this version is sufficiently fast that it will move in time on most modern systems. You could also throw out the result when an anchor loses on time. ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 19x19 almost ready.

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
Yes, see my later emails - It needs to be: gnugo --mode gtp --score aftermath --capture-all-dead --min-level 8 --max-level 8 --chinese-rules --positional-superko - Don On Tue, 2007-05-22 at 11:39 -0700, Christoph Birk wrote: On Tue, 22 May

[computer-go] CGOS

2007-05-22 Thread Don Dailey
CGOS is down. There appears to be a physical problem with the cgos boardspace server and it's my understanding it is being looked at. It may be several hours before it is back - since it is late here and I don't know how long it will be before it's fixed. - Don

[computer-go] CGOS serving up and running

2007-05-12 Thread Don Dailey
I restarted the CGOS server. I don't know if the hard disk issue was resolved (or even if it was proved there was a hard disk issue) but the server is available now for playing games. - Don ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

[computer-go] CGOS troubles

2007-05-11 Thread Don Dailey
CGOS has been having a lot of trouble over the last few days and I am looking into it. It appears that there may be a physical problem with the disk array that boardspace uses - still checking into this and other things. CGOS may be down for a while so please bear with me. I'll let you know

[computer-go] CGOS

2007-05-04 Thread Joshua Shriver
I grabbed the CGOS viewer today to watch some games, really nifty :) Though I was wondering, what does W+Resign mean? White resigned or that white won by resignation? One game in particular with that designation White could have easily won so not sure what it meant. Also, there seems to be many

Re: [computer-go] CGOS

2007-05-04 Thread Chris Fant
The first letter of the score is always the winner. On 5/4/07, Joshua Shriver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I grabbed the CGOS viewer today to watch some games, really nifty :) Though I was wondering, what does W+Resign mean? White resigned or that white won by resignation? One game in particular

Re: [computer-go] CGOS

2007-05-04 Thread Don Dailey
On Fri, 2007-05-04 at 13:16 -0400, Joshua Shriver wrote: I grabbed the CGOS viewer today to watch some games, really nifty :) Though I was wondering, what does W+Resign mean? White resigned or that white won by resignation? One game in particular with that designation White could have easily

[computer-go] CGOS games

2007-04-25 Thread Christian Nilsson
I've been trying to download the complete set of games from the new CGOS, but can't seem to find a suitable URL for the job. I tried all kinds of modifications of the URLs from the old system, but none worked. Are the games still available for batch downloads, or do I really have to fetch them

[computer-go] CGOS

2007-04-19 Thread Don Dailey
I will be gone for the weekend. If CGOS goes down, I won't be able to fix it until Sunday evening, EST. There is actually a little race conditions that can happen if a viewer quits at just the wrong moment and this can hang the server - it's happened twice since this server when up so the

Re: [computer-go] CGOS 5 minute server

2007-04-18 Thread Christian Nilsson
Hello all, I've recently unleashed a few versions of my program Haste on CGOS. Seeing their ratings sparked a bit of curiosity about the relative ratings they achieved. In self-play ( thousands of games ) they differ by more than twice as many ELO-points as on the server. I know it's bad to use

[computer-go] cgos viewer

2007-04-10 Thread Tris
Just tried to download the latest version. Downloaded, unzipped but didn't work/display. Did I not get it from where I should have?? Thanks... Tris... ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

Re: [computer-go] cgos viewer

2007-04-10 Thread Nick Wedd
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 11:54 -0700, Tris wrote: Just tried to download the latest version. Downloaded, unzipped but didn't work/display. Did I not get it from where I should have?? It's hard to say - I don't know where you

Re: [computer-go] cgos viewer

2007-04-10 Thread Don Dailey
So you got it from the wrong place! Good - we can solve your problem then! Go here: http://cgos.boardspace.net/9x9/index.html and I think you will find a version that works for the new cgos. - Don On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 12:57 -0700, Tris wrote: Got it from:

Re: [computer-go] cgos viewer

2007-04-10 Thread Tris
Got it from: http://www.greencheeks.homelinux.org:8015/~drd/public/ Got the windows version: http://www.greencheeks.homelinux.org:8015/%7Edrd/public/cgosview-windows.zipcgosview-windows.zip Yes, Unzipped first. Earlier version worked fine! Tris At 12:29 PM 4/10/2007, you wrote: On

Re: [computer-go] cgos viewer

2007-04-10 Thread Joshua Shriver
Sweet program! Was taking a look at one of the games. Very nice interface for linux. -Josh On 4/10/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you got it from the wrong place! Good - we can solve your problem then! Go here: http://cgos.boardspace.net/9x9/index.html and I think you will

[computer-go] CGOS viewer update

2007-04-09 Thread Don Dailey
I just updated the viewer again to version 0.31 I will not longer announce client updates unless they address a serious bug or problem or amazing new functionality Instead, I will give the latest version number on the CGOS webpage. In this case, there is probably no need to upgrade. The

[computer-go] CGOS

2007-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
Just a warning - Tomorrow, I'm taking the old CGOS down and replacing it with the NEW cgos. Also, the CGOS test I'm running from my home computer will go away. So the 2 minute server will also go away! The new cgos on boardspace will be 5 minute time control instead of the previous 10

[computer-go] CGOS GTP

2007-03-28 Thread Don Dailey
One of the features I want to put into CGOS involves a new gtp command to inform the program of the opponent, game number, etc.I have not decided on the format of this new gtp command and it will of course not be required that you implement it.I will have to read the standard to see if

Re: [computer-go] CGOS GTP

2007-03-28 Thread Christoph Birk
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Don Dailey wrote: One of the features I want to put into CGOS involves a new gtp command to inform the program of the opponent, game number, etc.I have not decided on the format of this new gtp command and it will of course not be required that you implement it.I

Re: [computer-go] CGOS GTP

2007-03-28 Thread Hellwig Geisse
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 13:44 -0700, Christoph Birk wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Don Dailey wrote: One of the features I want to put into CGOS involves a new gtp command to inform the program of the opponent, game number, etc.I have not decided on the format of this new gtp command and

Re: [computer-go] CGOS GTP

2007-03-28 Thread Don Dailey
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 13:44 -0700, Christoph Birk wrote: On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Don Dailey wrote: One of the features I want to put into CGOS involves a new gtp command to inform the program of the opponent, game number, etc.I have not decided on the format of this new gtp command and

Re: [computer-go] CGOS GTP

2007-03-28 Thread Christoph Birk
On Wed, 28 Mar 2007, Don Dailey wrote: But the client DOES use GTP to speak to the engine. The idea is that your engine might want to have information about the opponent. The way Lazarus will use this is to put this information in it's own log files. When I'm browsing the logs of Lazarus I

[computer-go] CGOS loop

2007-03-26 Thread Don Dailey
The testing has uncovered a few bugs that have been fixed. None of them crashed the server or caused a major problem. However, someone is running a client that is reconnecting pretty frequently - I suspect their engine has died. I think I would prefer the behavior to be to kill the script

[computer-go] CGOS

2007-03-12 Thread Don Dailey
The server stayed up all night and is still running. I did not do anything special and I still don't know what the problem is. If anyone suspects their program tickled a bug in CGOS, please let me know, so I can strengthen CGOS and know what to look for in the future. Meanwhile, I'm working on

Re: [computer-go] CGOS

2007-03-12 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Mon, Mar 12, 2007 at 10:09:03AM -0400, Don Dailey wrote: If anyone suspects their program tickled a bug in CGOS, please let me know, so I can strengthen CGOS and know what to look for in the future. Not me, I haven't changed anything for a week or two. Meanwhile, I'm working on a better

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread alain Baeckeroot
Le mardi 20 février 2007 13:10, Heikki Levanto a écrit : P.S. Was there a good description of what a bot should do to finish a game earlier - my current ones play to the bitter end, with only 1-point eyes left. Might as well quit earlier if I can. Don't play moves which would be self-atari

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 03:09:44PM +, alain Baeckeroot wrote: Le mardi 20 février 2007 13:10, Heikki Levanto a écrit : P.S. Was there a good description of what a bot should do to finish a game earlier - my current ones play to the bitter end, with only 1-point eyes left. Might as well

Re: [computer-go] CGOS: Forfeit

2007-02-20 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 12:21:08PM -0500, Don Dailey wrote: CGOS uses simple rules, you MUST play out a game to the end, anything left on the board is considered ALIVE. Fair enough. At least I don't have to worry about annoying other p,layers by doing what already was the easiest thing for me

[computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Chris Fant
To who it may concern: ggexp appears to be losing all of it's games on time. ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

Re: [computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Don Dailey
I just checked this for January and here are the statics: When playing white ggexp played: 1087 games 295 losses 8 of these were time losses. When playing black ggexp played 1036 games 341 losses 17 losses So I don't see that it's losing all

Re: [computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Chris Fant
It lost several games in a row on time at the time that I sent that message. Obviously, it can't have lost ALL of it's games and still attained an 1800 rating. On 2/6/07, Don Dailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just checked this for January and here are the statics: When playing white ggexp

Re: [computer-go] cgos ggexp

2007-02-06 Thread Don Dailey
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 14:16 -0500, Chris Fant wrote: It lost several games in a row on time at the time that I sent that message. Obviously, it can't have lost ALL of it's games and still attained an 1800 rating. I assumed that you meant that of all the games it lost, they were mostly due to

[computer-go] cgos elo question

2006-10-18 Thread David Doshay
Are the elo ratings integer or floats? I am just wondering if partial (less than one) ratings build up or are truncated. Cheers, David ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org

[computer-go] CGOS server for 7x7

2006-10-17 Thread Don Dailey
I have a temporary server up for 7x7 CGOS thanks to Thomas Wolf who procured a machine for me to use. The following URL gives the status of the games: http://139.57.131.70:8015/7x7.html And you must fix up the client program to point to the correct server. A client that is ready to go is

Re: [computer-go] CGOS pairings using Christoph Birk formula

2006-10-16 Thread Don Dailey
When I have some free time and if Don is interested, I may run some simulations for the method I proposed and post some results. Don, please let me know whether your mind is made up already. I am pretty sure I will stick with my original idea now of just choosing the best of N random

[computer-go] CGOS pairings using Christoph Birk formula

2006-10-15 Thread Matt Gokey
There may be some confusion about what the assumptions and goals are for the CGOS pairing objectives. I am hearing conflicting statements. So I for one am unsure ;-) Don Daily wrote (from Re: [computer-go] A new pairing system idea for CGOS, 10/8/2006): Your basic idea is sound - but it's

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