Re: [computer-go] results of computer olympiad 9x9

2007-06-17 Thread Nick Wedd
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes The 2008 US Go Congress is August 2-9, which overlaps with the end of the Beijing events. This makes a case for holding any such tournament near the end of the Congress. Thanks for the tip! In 2008, the European Go Congress

[computer-go] Opening

2007-06-17 Thread Jacques Basaldúa
Heikki Levanto wrote: > I am sure there is a mathematically sound way to measure > how symmetric the evaluation is, but my math is a bit rusty, > so I am asking if someone can come up with a good way. After > that, I'm asking if various programmers would be willing to > run this test, and publish

Re: [computer-go] Java hounds salivate over this:

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Cook
> libego is a very optimised library. indeed, very hard > to change. If it fits your needs, go for it. Its > simply the best you can do. > > BUT, If you want to try different MCGO approachs with > libego, I'm sure it will be far more hard to change > than using slowish java. I've been refactorin

Re: [computer-go] Re: Java hounds salivate over this:

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Cook
> Other than that, I am in the process of adding multi-thread support, > for which I am using a boost library, which again can be compiled on > pretty much any modern platform. I used Boost.Thread for the first time recently (on a project nothing to do with computer go) and it was so easy. I devel

Re: [computer-go] Java hounds salivate over this:

2007-06-17 Thread Heikki Levanto
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:06:42PM +0900, Darren Cook wrote: > I've been refactoring the libego playouts to allow me to easily plug in > different move choosing algorithms, and choose between them at run-time. > I was willing to accept a slight slowdown, but ironically got a 5% > speed-up (on rando

Re: [computer-go] Java hounds salivate over this:

2007-06-17 Thread George Dahl
Posting that code would be really helpful! I too was thinking about modifying libego's move choosing algorithms. But I haven't gotten anywhere yet since I have been working on a proof of concept experiment for what I will be planning to do later. - George On 6/17/07, Darren Cook <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [computer-go] Java hounds salivate over this:

2007-06-17 Thread David Doshay
We also have just become comfortable enough with libego to be thinking about how we intended to add the go domain knowledge for heavier playouts. Cheers, David On 17, Jun 2007, at 3:15 PM, George Dahl wrote: Posting that code would be really helpful! I too was thinking about modifying libeg

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to GNU and to MoGoBot19!

2007-06-17 Thread compgo123
Let's assume the game time is set at 10 ms. A random move computer program will win over any player in this sub-space of the universe who does not have a chip as well as an electronic interface in his body. Would such a champion mean anything? -Original Message- From: Don Dailey <[EMAI

[computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam (fwd)

2007-06-17 Thread the Robot Vegetable
Hi, Today I received the email below. I have not way of knowing if the any of the spam I get is from having an address visible through this list. Can people who post frequently address this? Do you experience new spam after posting here? I suspect that although it is possible t

Re: [computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam (fwd)

2007-06-17 Thread steve uurtamo
i haven't found that i've received any additonal spam as a result of being a member of (or of posting to) this list. knock on wood. s. - Original Message From: the Robot Vegetable <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: computer-go@computer-go.org Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 10:16:44 PM Subject: [comp

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to GNU and to MoGoBot19!

2007-06-17 Thread Don Dailey
On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 21:02 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Let's assume the game time is set at 10 ms. A random move computer > program will win over any player in this sub-space of the universe who > does not have a chip as well as an electronic interface in his body. > Would such a champion

Re: [computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam (fwd)

2007-06-17 Thread terry mcintyre
Spam is so prevalent that I've pretty well given up and assumed that one will get lots of it. Fortunately, yahoo is pretty good about filtering most of it. Certain addresses are never used on mailing lists. Beyond that, I just ignore the pesky stuff. Terry McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> They mea

Re: [computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam (fwd)

2007-06-17 Thread Chris Fant
I get lots of spam in my yahoo inbox but gmail almost perfectly filters all the spam out of my inbox. On 6/17/07, terry mcintyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Spam is so prevalent that I've pretty well given up and assumed that one will get lots of it. Fortunately, yahoo is pretty good about filt

Re: [computer-go] Congratulations to GNU and to MoGoBot19!

2007-06-17 Thread Darren Cook
> I think Remi was making the point that the CrazyStone games were played > at a time control not usually played in serious games. Therefore he > concludes the rating was inflated. ... If you spend too much time > building up a won position, how can you claim a "moral victory" if you > lose on t

Re: [computer-go] Question regarding archives and avoiding spam (fwd)

2007-06-17 Thread Russ Williams
I recently subscribed to the computer-go mailing list, and I'd really like to join some of the discussions, but I noticed that on the archives ( http://computer-go.org/pipermail/computer-go/) only simple email obfuscation is used. For example "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" would appear as "johndoe at yahoo.c