Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 08:48:29 04/23/05
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On April 23, 2005 at 11:40:11, Steven Edwards wrote: >On April 22, 2005 at 21:27:22, Tony Petters wrote: > >>I hope they force every program to use one CPU with an equal amount of RAM, >>otherwise, the games are not even ! > >Those with long memories will recall an effort from the late 1970s promoting the >idea of equal platform competition as reported in the ICCA Newsletter (the >grandfather of the ICGA Journal). Tony Marsland was a main proponent; there >were plenty of critics. > >With the need to enforce identical operating systems, compilers, CPU, RAM, etc. >among all potential participants is impractical. For one, I refuse to develop, >test, or run my program using any Microsoft products; others may feel the same >way towards Apple, GNU, Linux, Intel, AMD, Motorola, or whatever. > >But here's a half serious proposal that could work: > >Allow each participant a fixed limit on the amount of energy used per game. >This can be done by attaching an integrating wattmeter between the entrant's >power supply and the rest of its system. A limit of one megajoule would be >sufficient to run a modest system for an hour or two. Quad CPU competitors >might have to go into power save mode instead of pondering. Huge rackmount >systems would have to be very good at blitz. Excellent -- recognizes that equal platfroms are not possible -- but does propose a solution that levels the playing field and also encourages innovation in extracting the most out of the world's limited resournces. A very green and earth friendly suggestion.
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