Re: computer-go: Please stop this pointless and blasphemous discussion !!!

[Robert Jasiek <jasiek@xxxxxxxx>]

Roland et al,

> Well, I could agree with you if people really used the exact
> term(GoGod and NOT GOD),

right

> Now to my second objection I think the idea to call a perfect player a "GoGod" was
>  a poor one, because
> this term was obviously inspired by the concept of God. The inventor of
> the term GoGod 

Although I am not 100% sure, there is a good chance that I am the
inventor. (I also gave some definitions on rec.games.go.)

Why did I use that word? I might have sticked to perfect player,
however, back then God, guru, etc. were popular, and I wanted to
summarize these terms into an easily recognized, more neutral
term. On a general discussion place like RGG perfect player 
would not generally be recognized as specialized. Rather many
would think of a quality not better than 9p. GoGod makes the
term's intention clearer to everybody in the go public.

> seems to be unaware that God is [...]

Religion is off-topic IMO.

> The creator
> of the term GoGod obviously wanted only the quality of
> omniscient.

Indeed:)

> RJ> - God
> this term is obviously ambiguous and seems to be the source of our
> misunderstandings.

yes

> RJ> - guru
> this term is also ambiguous and from religious background?

It is one of the terms used in Mathematical Go Endgames, I think.
There it is properly freed of such background.

--rj