RE: [computer-go] Super ko in random playouts

2008-07-22 Thread David Fotland
There can be more than 3 kos in a cycle. There are some pathological cases of loops involving captures of two-stone groups, but I've never seen this in a real game. Here are some example odd positions: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wjh/go/rules/bestiary.html http://www.goban.demon.co.uk/go/bestiary/mola

[computer-go] Super ko in random playouts

2008-07-22 Thread Jason House
I now tracked down another super ko bug. I'm curious if anyone has worked out which infinite cyles can occur in random playouts that avoid eye-fills and suicides. Additionally, how do people handle this type of situation in playouts? I believe libego checks game length and assigns "no result" if

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournament at EGC, Leksand, Sweden

2008-07-22 Thread Don Dailey
Erik van der Werf wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Erik van der Werf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did you know that you can create your own linux environment without having to "touch" the machine you will be u

Re: [computer-go] Computer Go tournament at EGC, Leksand, Sweden

2008-07-22 Thread Erik van der Werf
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Erik van der Werf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 6:18 PM, Don Dailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Did you know that you can create your own linux environment without having >> to "touch" the machine you will be using? > > I have DSL-N (Damn Sm

Re: [computer-go] 9x9 CGOS web updates have stopped

2008-07-22 Thread Don Dailey
I see the problem - I just looked at the log file. I think I can fix it but right now I don't have the time. Right now I force the server to restart once every 24 hours - so at least it won't more than a day out of date. - Don Jason House wrote: Additionally, I noticed the update time

Re: [computer-go] 9x9 CGOS web updates have stopped

2008-07-22 Thread Don Dailey
I don't know why all of a sudden there are problems with this. But I need to take a look when I get a chance. - Don Jason House wrote: Additionally, I noticed the update time is labeled UCT instead of UTC Sent from my iPhone ___ computer-go

[computer-go] 9x9 CGOS web updates have stopped

2008-07-22 Thread Jason House
Additionally, I noticed the update time is labeled UCT instead of UTC Sent from my iPhone ___ computer-go mailing list computer-go@computer-go.org http://www.computer-go.org/mailman/listinfo/computer-go/

Re: [computer-go] Human-computer showdown

2008-07-22 Thread David Doshay
The cluster is in Amsterdam, not France. Cheers, David On 21, Jul 2008, at 2:54 PM, Peter Drake wrote: Pacific time. We'll do this in the Computer Go room. We'll announce the usernames when the time comes. On Jul 21, 2008, at 2:28 PM, Jason House wrote: 1pm in which timezone? Which ro