Author: Frank Phillips
Date: 10:10:07 01/07/02
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On January 06, 2002 at 21:17:43, Bas Hamstra wrote: >...because the fastest hardware simply wins. You can invent all kind of >ingenious tricks, but it's nothing compared to faster hardware. On 2x faster >hardware Tao just crushed GT 3x in a row and won the latest 10 15/0 games at >FICS against strong opponents on slower hardware. Come on, the only fair way to >compete is on equal hardware. I don't want to buy a computer twice a year just >for CC tournaments, that's ridiculous. IMO the competition would be much more >satisfying on equal hardware. Factor 2 hardware difference means hard to win for >any program against a not too bad opponent. Anything above that makes the >chances *way* too small to be fair. Yet that is quite normal in tournaments and >you won't hear anyone about it. Program X played this AMAZING knight sac >againtst program Y!! Hardware differences seem to be simply ignored. And that's >crazy, in fact. > >Bas. I can understand why this is an issue for the elite (ego at stake) or commercials (ego and living at stake), but for the rest of us..... Presumably you also mean a limit on hardware speed (whatever that means) rather than insisting I have to buy a particular model of computer twice a year :-) Frank
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