Re: [computer-go] 2008 Olympiad

2008-09-17 Thread Ian Osgood
On Aug 21, 2008, at 12:48 AM, RĂ©mi Coulom wrote: Ian Osgood wrote: Thanks! I see that KCC Paduk is no longer on the list of participants for 2008. Have they withdrawn? Ian Their registration was rejected because of "past problems with [this] program in other computer Go tournaments" (

OT: Teaching Go (was Re: [computer-go] Re: Disputes under Japanese rules)

2008-09-17 Thread Peter Drake
I'm inclined to agree, but it bothers me to have to explain life and death before scoring. Life and death therefore become part of the rules rather than an emergent consequences of the rules . I want to be able to give a tiny set of rules and then let players loose to discover things on the

Re: OT: Teaching Go (was Re: [computer-go] Re: Disputes under Japanese rules)

2008-09-17 Thread Ross Werner
Peter Drake wrote: I'm inclined to agree, but it bothers me to have to explain life and death before scoring. Life and death therefore become part of the rules rather than an emergent consequences of the rules . I want to be able to give a tiny set of rules and then let players loose to di