Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 12:19:31 03/16/04
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On March 16, 2004 at 13:05:06, Steven Edwards wrote: >On March 16, 2004 at 09:34:14, Matthew Hull wrote: >>On March 16, 2004 at 06:32:55, Steven Edwards wrote: >>>On March 16, 2004 at 04:51:32, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >>>>On March 16, 2004 at 03:08:06, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>>>>On March 15, 2004 at 17:23:32, Steven Edwards wrote: >>>>>>On March 15, 2004 at 16:52:40, martin fierz wrote: >>>>>>>On March 15, 2004 at 16:38:53, Steven Edwards wrote: > >>Can you not get the "OTB" equivalent on FICS or ICC? You can limit opponents to >>humans. There are many 1800 and below sparring programs that run on these >>servers that cater to humans. > >As I stated in a different reply: > >A problem with ICS is that they would first have to give (not sell) me an >account. > >A problem with FICS is that they refused to give me an account because they >thought my email address which I pay for and have had for years is a throwaway >account (like Hotmail); I was unable to reach an admin to correct their error. > >A problem with both is that I'd have to get the source for Linux/OpenBSD client >and hook that up to Symbolic's toolkit. I'm willing to spend some time on this >if I was first given a real account at either ICS or FICS. So winboard/xboard protocol compliance is down the road a bit. I'm sure you could get around the FICS problem by contacting the management. One would think that as soon as your program is complete enough to play games autonomously, it should be connected to a server to start collecting as much game experience as possible. As you add knowledge, you can watch it's progress rating-wise. You could even grab a dirt cheap (or free!) 400mhz PC somewhere as your server bot, with linux loaded, and use xboard to interface to FICS, while you continue development on your platform of choice. At any rate, getting your program net-connected should be a priority as soon as it's able to play even low-patzer chess, IMHO. It will be cool.
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