Heard anything new?

[Jeff]

Haven't heard anything about CB in a month now... just wondering if anybody else has heard anything?

[the-mk]

Nothing heard 'til now...

I'd like to know too if there's anything new I don't know yet.

Maybe it's :sleepy: again...

Isn't there any beta-testing running right now? Or am I wrong? I thought there were some selected users who Carlos wrote to? Or maybe I was dreaming

[IronBits]

It's got a new name and a new look
http://www.chessbrain.net
I sent an email... :sleepy:

[Jeff]

Originally posted by the-mk
Nothing heard 'til now...

I'd like to know too if there's anything new I don't know yet.

Maybe it's :sleepy: again...

Isn't there any beta-testing running right now? Or am I wrong? I thought there were some selected users who Carlos wrote to? Or maybe I was dreaming

Yeah, I ran the software for a month or so but it wasn't really doing anything except communicating. I didn't have any problems with it and wrote Carlos to just let him know. Last I knew they were going to be working hard on the client... but it's been very quiet since then. :shrug:

[the-mk]

I already know the new look at www.chessbrain.net, it's since two months or so?

So there was only communication testing between clients and servers and the "proxies" between? Did you only test the clients or did you test those "proxies" too (for those who have large amounts of machines you should be able to set up a proxy like at distributed.net with their personal proxy server)?

[IronBits]

Got a reply from Carlos

Fair enough. I wish I could say that what we're trying to do with ChessBrain II is easy. Because the effort is completely devoid of monetary compensation our full time jobs often interfere with our ability to devote the time required to make rapid progress.That said we remain committed to the project despite all obstacles.

Currently we're preparing for a presentation at the 2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games.

Our feeling is that ChessBrain II will be worth the wait, otherwise we wouldn't even bother working on it. Personally I think it will become the most exciting DC project ever to be offered to the DC community. The reason for this is because it will enable DC groups to administer their own virtual supercomputers.

Still your point is well taken... this is all talk until something tangible surfaces... I think we often forget that the excitement we have in what we're doing isn't visible to others and that the view from the outside is quite different from the view we have while continuing to work on the project.

All that said... our new target has become to launch before end of year (because that's when we need to gather real data for the presentation at IEEE CIG 2006) and to be fully operational by March 2006 (because our demo at IEEE GIG 2006 is in May). This will put us in line for a 2008 World Record attempt in January 2007 in Copenhagen.

I'd say we're not without vision... it's just that our vision is years in the making. Deep Blue was a 15 year project - we're in this for the long haul.

Feel free to share (or not!) what I've written in this email with others, personally and/or online via message boards.

Lastly, thanks for the nudge, we get emails like yours from time to time, and it's reassuring that others care enough to drop a note and express interest in the project. In part, it's what keeps us going!

- CJ

[QIbHom]

"Trust me, it'll be cool when it happens." just isn't cutting it for me. Unless it really is the neatest thing on the net when it comes out, it ain't going on my boxes. Ever.

[the-mk]

Two months later...

Any news about chessbrain?

[em99010pepe]

Two days ago I received an email from Carlos Justiniano. I won't quote him but I can tell you that it's getting difficult to put out the client.
I noticed he was very sad.

Carlos

[the-mk]

That makes me sad too.

Chessbrain was a nice side project to run while running DF or d.net...

Did he say what kind of problems they are having with the client?

Kind regards to Carlos Justiniano!

Hopefully we can some games with the new client soon

[Beerknurd]

I miss Chessbrain.......

[Jeff]

I want CB(or LifeMapper) back...

[Jeff]

I'm never going to let this thread die... ... anybody hear anything yet? I'm really wanting to donate some cycles here.

[the-mk]

I didn't hear anything new on chessbrain, sorry...

I'd also like to put some cpu cycles into this project again!

Carlos, how are you?

[Jeff]

Shot a quick email off to him...

No updates yet... but really good stuff is under development.
- Carlos

Just curious if there are any updates for Chessbrain?

Thanks,
Jeff

[Jeff]

No word yet... but I'm a still hopin'...

[Jeff]

Not sure what it means, but the test page no longer works...
http://www.distributedchess.net/test/index.html

[Jeff]

I'm never going to let this thread die... ... anybody hear anything yet? I'm really wanting to donate some cycles again.

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(seriously though, I miss ChessBrain!)

[IronBits]

Hi Jeff! Where ya been hiding? Under a rock?
It would be nice if they could get the project off the ground again.

[Jeff]

Hi Jeff! Where ya been hiding? Under a rock?
It would be nice if they could get the project off the ground again.

Been around from time to time. With a 5yr old and a 7yr old there's just not enough time in the day.