Re: [Bug-gnubg] Re: Tutorial 2.00 - Comments

[Joseph Heled]

Albert Silver wrote:
> > - I know GNUbg is mostly about Backgammon and very little about free
> > software - Yet, it would be nice to try and stay away from proprietary
> > formats like .doc files
>
>
> This is merely what I wrote it in, not what will be made available. The
> public release will be hosted in HTML at Tom Keith's site just as the
> previous version: http://www.bkgm.com/gnu/AllAboutGNU.html

I understand, However -
I assume you want to keep one "master" and generate export formats 
(HTML, PDF, ...) from it. If the master is in .doc format, anyone who 
want to change/improve it will have to use it. Then some MS-only 
features start to creep in, and then only word can open it, etc, etc.

> I will also make available a downloadable version in PDF at Nardy's
> site, again, like the previous version. The DOC version was only
> distributed to allow commentary to further improve it.
>
>
> > - How strong is GNU?
> >   The recently released GNU 0.14 is 1.18% stronger than GNU 0.13.
> >
> > This might be misleading - as in suggesting the new weights are
> > definitely stronger than Snowie. This is only 0ply. The 2ply
>
> difference
>
> > is probably much much smaller, and that is what is being typically
>
> tested.
>
> I can remove this, it is no problem, or add what the results were
> derived from. Could you test the 2-ply nets to see how much they differ
> by? It would also give an estimate for future versions on how much
> improvement one could expect from the 2-ply.

I don't have to cpu power to do that. I am aiming for someting more 
modest, but it will take some time.

> >    GNU is made of 3 neural nets: ...
> >
> > I would think this is sort of "implementation detail". It would
>
> probably
>
> > make very little to the casual reader. Perhaps it should be relocated?
> >
> >    the crashed net, which is for backgame situations,
> >
> > Might be misleading as well. Crashed is for situations were at least
>
> one
>
> > side has no more than 6 "active" checkers, i.e. the rest are either
> > buried or borne out.
>
>
> Ok, I'll rewrite this part and send you the modification. Sorry for the
> download trouble BTW.
>
>
> >   There are also programs using the GNU engine running on PalmOS and
> > Windows CE.
> >
> > I am not aware of any Palm versions? Are you talking about a Full
>
> GNUbg?
>
> > Where is it? If you mean my bglight project, it is just PocektPC.
>
>
> I indeed thought your project was for the Palm, my mistake.

Perhaps you can add the link to bglight (http://www.nongnu.org/bglight) 
and perhaps someone would read it and be interested in porting to Palm, 
Zaurus etc?

>                                         Albert
>
>
> > Albert Silver wrote:
> >
> > > Here is what should be the final version. I'm short of time now so
>
> I'll
>
> > > only send the PDF conversion to Nardy later. If anyone else prefers
>
> that
>
> > > format, let me know. All of Nardy's comments were taken into account
> > > (thanks) and I also added labels to the toolbar figure and I updated
>
> the
>
> > > table of contents. If there are any errors, corrections, or
>
> omissions,
>
> > > please let me know.
> > >
> > >                                                 Albert