Re: computer-go: A little Arithmetic

["Vlad Dumitrescu" <vladdu@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Ran Xiao" <ranxiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> P.S. I guess Mr. Cho will not like to play a 9K, or sub-standard move. A
bad
> move is a bad move.

erm... There are a lot of things to discover in the game, and think only
about shin-fuseki: Mr. Go Seigen was very criticized for his "bad" moves...
Who's to decide which the next "bad-that-are-actually-good" moves are? New,
original and groundbreaking moves will not be taken into account by just
analyzing played games.

Moreover, a move is good only if it fits in a plan. Take a probing move for
example, if one is not ready for the answer, it might do more damage than
good. And at 9k, and even 3k I guess, it is very difficult to really play
such moves while understanding them.

and no, 3^361 is not 1e10, but 1.74e172... Quite a difference...
(the exact number is
174089650659031927907188238070564367946602724950263541194
82811870680105167618464984116279288988714938612096988816320780613754987
181355093129514803369660572893075468180597603)

/Vlad
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For God's sake, Smithers! It's not rocket
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