Logically Speaking, Period 6, 26 May '09

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Small desks were scattered throughout the classroom when the students arrived. On the desks were a checkered board, a stopclock, two closed boxes and two handouts.

"Computer programming is heavily logic based," said Mohinder. "Some of the earliest programs were written to simulate already existing games. The first chess-playing software was written in the fifties and forty six years later a computer beat a world champion under competition conditions." He backtracked into a quick summation of the rules of the game.

"Rather than using intuition or experience, these machines were programmed to sift through millions of possible outcomes several moves ahead, assess those and play the one with the best possible outcome. And on a more human scale that's what you're going to do today. Now, chess is only one of several logic heavy games - ones that have a limited or no dependence on chance - there's checkers, stratego, go..."

"Your boards are set up ready to play, so choose your game."

[OCD is up. Have at!]

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Sign In 3 (LS)

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Concentrating!

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[intraspective]

Yamanaka Ino

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Liir Thropp

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Valentine Wiggin

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Jon O'Neill

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Gabrielle

Listening 3 (LS)

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

Or chatting/dozing unobstrusively.

Re: Listening 3 (LS)

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

There wasn't much to the lecture today, but it did inspire Valentine to make at least one note to self:

Try to program chess AI on laptop.

It would be a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon one of these days, or keep her busy at work.

Re: Listening 3 (LS)

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

Yakko beat Death at checkers once. If he could handle Daddoooooooo, he could probably manage a computer.

Playing 3 (LS)

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

There are boards set for checkers and for chess, for as handwavy a game as you want.

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[intraspective]

Ino poked a bit dubiously at the chess board--it wasn't totally unfamiliar, but she was more used to Shogi or Go--and she wasn't no Shikamaru besides.

She sighed. Ewww.

Re: Playing 3 (LS)

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"You look like the board insulted your family," Valentine couldn't help noting, hoping that the other girl wouldn't mind at least a distraction, if not a game partner.

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[intraspective]

Ino wrinkled her nose cheerfully at the other girl. "Maybe it did," she said, "I'll I know is that they're close enough I can tell the basic idea, but have no clue how to actually play them. Valentine, right?"

Ino paid attention!

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"Right," Valentine said with a nod. It took her a moment to think back a little, sort through retained information a moment before coming up with the other girl's name. "And you're Ino. I can teach you how to play if you want. And the real way, not the version I used to play with my brother that basically involved making up rules on the spot."

Based on actual political movements and military campaigns, but that wasn't the point.

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[intraspective]

"It wouldn't be nearly as fun," she said idly, "learning the wrong way if I didn't know it was wrong after all. Can't break rules properly 'less you know them. Sure, impart your knowledge, oh wise one."

Re: Playing 3 (LS)

[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

Liir blinked at the boards. All of them.

This really wasn't his thing.

Re: Playing 3 (LS)

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

"Have you ever played checkers before?" Yakko asked, bouncing up to Liir.

He had literally bounced across the room on his bottom. He was an odd one.

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[new-to-liirness.livejournal.com]

He shook his head.

"No."

...the bouncing wasn't so bad. He'd grown up around flying monkeys. It didn't look that odd.

Re: Playing 3 (LS)

[yakkoyaks.livejournal.com]

Yakko took a seat at one of the desks and said, "Well, pull up a chair and I'll teach you how to play! Don't worry about the handout, it's easier to just jump into it."

Yakko was totally planning on making up rules that made it impossible for him to lose. It was entirely logical to do so!

Re: Playing 3 (LS)

[asgardcreated.livejournal.com]

Jon takes a seat at one of the tables and starts to play a game of chess... against himself.

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[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

Claire by-passed the chess and went for checkers instead.

Talk to the TA 3 (LS)

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

When she's here.

Re: Talk to the TA 3 (LS)

[wantstocheer.livejournal.com]

She was there and in a good mood unlike her mun.

Talk to Mohinder 3 (LS)

[offthelisthero.livejournal.com]

He's around during and after class.

OOC 3 (LS)

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No world ending today!