Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 22:20:22 01/20/00
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On January 20, 2000 at 15:26:54, Amir Ban wrote:
>On January 20, 2000 at 13:12:08, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On January 20, 2000 at 05:01:21, Amir Ban wrote:
>>
>>>On January 19, 2000 at 21:22:29, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 19, 2000 at 17:23:13, Amir Ban wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The easiest defense against learners is to put a random element in your search
>>>>>engine. If you think about it, that's not very different from what a wide book
>>>>>would do for you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>You are right, I should seriously think about that.
>>>>
>>>>It might be a quick solution to this problem.
>>>>
>>>>Does Junior use this?
>>>>
>>>
>>>Yes. There's a 'random play' option in the Junior engine parameters. By default
>>>it's off. Turning it on introduces minor variation which is usually sufficient
>>>not to repeat an entire losing but unforced line.
>>>
>>>Amir
>>
>>
>>Why isn't it ON by default?
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>Because it has book learning and that's the best solution against another
>learner. I thought this would be a useful option for someone playing a line
>against the program and not interested in getting the same game over and over
>again.
>
>Amir
OK, I understand.
Thanks for answering.
Christophe
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