At 12:59 AM 2/4/2009, David Fotland wrote: >What do you mean by operator at remote end? In my case, the program was >running on a cluster at Microsoft in some computer data center. There was >no operator at Microsoft. The cluster was operated from Beijing through a >remote desktop. The operator was at the contest site.
In that case, the operator is watching you. The goal is to certify that the human putatively responsible for the program is behaving consistent with the competition, not unplugging cables or feeding in moves from a hidden 9 dan. It wouldn't prevent a deliberate attempt to defraud, but it would add a significant amount of complexity. _______________________________________________ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/
