Life In 19x19

BlindGroup wrote: I'm very grateful that people are willing to do it, but I don't envy the quick, public decisions they often have to make.

I would be grateful if they would just follow their own terms of service. They are really not that complicated.

On point 2, is that really true? Which admins have ruthlessly and instantly stamped out discussion.

Well, I was discussing it, told not to discuss it, queried why I was being told not to discuss it and was booted. I don't even know by which admin, and frankly, I don't care. I am not here to name ...

A computer that is self contained and uses the same amount of energy as a human will certainly sooner rather than later beat humans at go, probably less than one human lifetime from now. I base that on the advances that have been made in computer software and hardware during my lifetime. There is no ...

I'm also curious as to what is happening with KGS. It is a place I and many others like to spend time, and I am not disinterested as to whether it will continue to be so or not. Obviously it is WMS's right to do whatever he wants with his product, but his decisions also affect KGS's customers, and ...

tchan001 wrote:WMS is burned out and wants to move on. He hopes that the new owners can make KGS better. Hopefully optimism prevails and the new owners do make it a better user experience.

Could not agree more, tchan. I would just love to know who the new owners are.

" He is not obligated to tell us anything, it is first and foremost his server and he is free to do whatever he wants with it. And no, KGS would exist just fine with or without its users . It is dependent on his decision to keep the server running or not, not the number of users on the server. A ll ...

Just some general thoughts about the KGS Go server, I have used it a lot over the years and apart from some irritations, flies in the soup, it has served me very well. There seems to be something happening regarding the ownership of the server and I wonder how other players feel about it and if they ...