Author: Sean Empey
Date: 09:19:46 07/14/04
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On July 14, 2004 at 12:11:31, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On July 14, 2004 at 12:06:35, José Carlos wrote: > >>On July 14, 2004 at 11:41:04, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>On July 14, 2004 at 11:38:31, Peter Berger wrote: >>> >>>>On July 14, 2004 at 11:26:47, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 14, 2004 at 11:12:14, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Not at all, Omid >>>>>>If you already have a parallel engine you should run it into a hardware capable >>>>>>of getting all its power. >>>>> >>>>>I understand that you are going to provide the hardware, right? >>>>> >>>>>It is not something personal; next year I will have the needed hardware, but >>>>>what about others? Deep Sjeng and ParSOS were also parallel engines, but ran on >>>>>single processor not because they thought it was better, but because they did >>>>>not have access to a fast multiprocessor machine. >>>>> >>>> >>>>I wonder what except the results changed from two weeks ago to now to make you >>>>imply this is an unfair event and go on raving about it ?! >>>> >>>>Weren't you even one of the organizers? >>> >>>Yes, and I complained loudly about it even before the event. >> >> It doesn't make sense to organize something you complain about. Either ask >>_before_ that it is a WMCCC this year or don't organize something you're >>against. > >I'm glad that we organized it, and am very happy that it took place >successfully. > >I'm of course not against it, but simply say that there is room for >improvement. Yes, but it's not making it easier for _you_ to win. It's marketing it better and getting more participation. > > >> Your problem is that you said here that Falcon only loses consistently to >>Shredder and now you need an excuse. But you needn't, actually. Just accept WCCC >>is not a measure of strength but just a party for programmers and teams and try >>to prove your strength in more scientifically tests like SSDF. >> >> José C. >> >> >>>> >>>>The multi-processor entries got the first 5 places in the tournament - this was >>>>partly unexpected by some, probably including you. Had you been aware of it >>>>before the event you probably would have tried to get better hardware in case >>>>your engine can use it successfully. Every other answer is a bit hard to believe >>>>for me. >>>> >>>>Peter
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