Re: [computer-go] Paper for AAAI (David Silver) PDF problem

2008-04-08 Thread Jacques Basaldúa
Thanks, Hideki > I have the same problem with version 7.0.7 of Adobe Reader but > version 8.1.2 works fine. That was the problem. I used the automatic upgrade "feature", but that only upgrades to the latest 7.xx version not to version 8.xx. Don Dailey wrote: "... this general distaste of feeli

[computer-go] now: operating systems and love, was: Paper for AAAI (David Silver) PDF problem

2008-04-08 Thread steve uurtamo
> That's the real problem with Windows. I need a double boot, place > the OS on a FAT32 partition and have a copy of every file + an > image of the installed partition. Every day I fight against the > operating system I have paid for and if the OS doesn't let me > change it the nice way I have

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Boon
On 8-apr-08, at 08:50, steve uurtamo wrote: There's another way, and it's not too bad, depending upon how often you want to switch operating systems. Get a second drive. Oh, that is so passé! ;-) I gladly pay $80 for VMWare Fusion and can use whatever OS pleases me at the same time as Mac

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love, was: Paper for AAAI (David Silver) PDF problem

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
steve uurtamo wrote: >> That's the real problem with Windows. I need a double boot, place >> the OS on a FAT32 partition and have a copy of every file + an >> image of the installed partition. Every day I fight against the >> operating system I have paid for and if the OS doesn't let me >> c

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
Mark Boon wrote: > > On 8-apr-08, at 08:50, steve uurtamo wrote: > >> There's another way, and it's not too bad, depending upon how >> often you want to switch operating systems. >> >> Get a second drive. > > Oh, that is so passé! ;-) > > I gladly pay $80 for VMWare Fusion and can use whatever OS

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Boon
Yes, you do need to factor in the cost of the OS. I have an official version of Windows XP, I haven't heard much good about Vista. I believe it costs something like $150 when buying separate. It's not exactly free when buying a PC either, of course. Yes, they do try to limit using it on onl

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
Mark Boon wrote: > Yes, you do need to factor in the cost of the OS. I have an official > version of Windows XP, I haven't heard much good about Vista. I > believe it costs something like $150 when buying separate. It's not > exactly free when buying a PC either, of course. Yes, they do try to >

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love, was: Paper for AAAI (David Silver) PDF problem

2008-04-08 Thread Christoph Birk
On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, steve uurtamo wrote: There isn't, and this is actually a fortunate thing, yet any way to use unix without at some point needing to use a command-line tool. This is what will keep it out of the hands of consumers for a long time to come, but I think that it's an inherent fact

[computer-go] off topic: Tobacco

2008-04-08 Thread Dave Dyer
> >By the way, has anyone seen the Philip Morris commercials? I believe they were forced into this as part of the extortion by the state attorneys general. It's Penance for illegally targeting young non-smokers with Joe Camel, and promoting their products while denying that they were dangero

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Mark Boon
On 8-apr-08, at 15:13, Don Dailey wrote: Cost-of-ownership is different for everyone of course, but despite Linux being free it never seemed worth it to me. My main point is that MS has been very successful at making you feel the way you do. I don't want to pretend that I'm not susceptible

Re: [computer-go] off topic: Tobacco

2008-04-08 Thread Alain Baeckeroot
Le mardi 8 avril 2008, Dave Dyer a écrit : > > > > >By the way, has anyone seen the Philip Morris commercials? > > I believe they were forced into this as part of the extortion > by the state attorneys general. It's Penance for illegally > targeting young non-smokers with Joe Camel, and prom

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
Mark Boon wrote: > > On 8-apr-08, at 15:13, Don Dailey wrote: > >>> Cost-of-ownership is different for everyone of course, but despite >>> Linux being free it never seemed worth it to me. >> My main point is that MS has been very successful at making you feel the >> way you do. > > I don't want t

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love, was: Paper for AAAI (David Silver) PDF problem

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
Christoph Birk wrote: > On Tue, 8 Apr 2008, steve uurtamo wrote: >> There isn't, and this is actually a fortunate thing, yet any way to >> use unix without at some point needing to use a command-line >> tool. This is what will keep it out of the hands of consumers for >> a long time to come, but

Re: [computer-go] off topic: Tobacco

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
Alain Baeckeroot wrote: > Le mardi 8 avril 2008, Dave Dyer a écrit : > >>> By the way, has anyone seen the Philip Morris commercials? >>> >> I believe they were forced into this as part of the extortion >> by the state attorneys general. It's Penance for illegally >> targeting youn

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread terry mcintyre
--- Mark Boon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 8-apr-08, at 15:13, Don Dailey wrote: > > >> Cost-of-ownership is different for everyone of > course, but despite > >> Linux being free it never seemed worth it to me. > > My main point is that MS has been very successful > at making you > > fee

Re: [computer-go] now: operating systems and love

2008-04-08 Thread Don Dailey
I found the easiest thing for me is to use Linux and just be happy. If you honestly must have the very latest gizmo yesterday, then you can get on the Microsoft hamster wheel and let them pull you along by your nose. But there is a kind of exhilarating freedom that comes with Linux.

[computer-go] CG'2008 paper: Whole-History Ratings

2008-04-08 Thread Rémi Coulom
Hi, This is my CG2008 paper, for statisticians: Whole-History Rating: A Bayesian Rating System for Players of Time-Varying Strength Abstract: Whole-History Rating (WHR) is a new method to estimate the time-varying strengths of players involved in paired comparisons. Like many variations of the

[computer-go] BGA adopts AGA rules

2008-04-08 Thread Peter Drake
From the American Go Association e-journal: THIS JUST IN: BRITS ADOPT U.S. RULES: The British Go Association officially adopted AGA rules of go at last weekend's British Go Congress at Hastings, reports BGA President Ron Bell, who was re- elected for another term. "AGA rules have two major b

Re: [computer-go] BGA adopts AGA rules

2008-04-08 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes From the American Go Association e-journal: THIS JUST IN: BRITS ADOPT U.S. RULES: The British Go Association officially adopted AGA rules of go at last weekend's British Go Congress at Hastings, reports BGA President Ron Be