2013-01-16T00:01:38 !give smiley1983 math convert 2 parsecs to shoesizewomens 2013-01-16T00:01:47 @math convert 2 parsecs to shoesizewomens 2013-01-16T00:01:47 thestinger: 7289002160551180288 2013-01-16T00:01:56 stupid supybots 2013-01-16T00:09:21 contestbot: help coin 2013-01-16T00:09:21 smiley1983: (coin takes no arguments) -- Flips a coin and returns the result. 2013-01-16T00:09:50 full of useless timesinks :) 2013-01-16T00:11:52 @help lobotomy add 2013-01-16T00:11:52 smiley1983: (lobotomy add []) -- If you have the #channel,op capability, this will "lobotomize" the bot, making it silent and unanswering to all requests made in the channel. is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel itself. 2013-01-16T00:46:07 *** btiberi has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T01:00:42 *** btiberi has quit IRC (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 2013-01-16T01:24:33 *** mceier has quit IRC (Quit: leaving) 2013-01-16T02:06:34 *** amstan has quit IRC (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 2013-01-16T02:19:03 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T02:25:13 *** mceier has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T02:39:52 *** Wren80[work] has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T02:56:05 *** G1eb has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T03:17:59 *** epicmonkey has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T03:23:48 *** G1eb has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 2013-01-16T03:45:58 *** RagingDave has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T04:09:32 *** coeus_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2013-01-16T04:26:14 *** sigh has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T04:37:54 *** RagingDave has quit IRC (Quit: Ex-Chat) 2013-01-16T04:38:21 *** G1eb has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T04:50:30 *** G1eb has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 2013-01-16T05:04:11 *** G1eb has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T05:09:18 *** epicmonkey has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 2013-01-16T05:19:49 *** zoranc has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T05:22:29 smiley1983: thanks for the tcp server info! 2013-01-16T05:25:44 zoranc: you're welcome :) 2013-01-16T05:26:52 just one question: i need to run the program myself, and it would connect to the server by tsp, right? 2013-01-16T05:27:18 it is not that i send the code over and server runs the battles? 2013-01-16T05:27:31 yes, unfortunately it's limited to opponents who are currently connected 2013-01-16T05:28:06 I would like to run a server which slowly grinds through games between submissions, but it requires some coding 2013-01-16T05:28:38 mhm, i have some servers and for me is not a big deal to upload it there, but not everyone can afford $20 per month for a VPS 2013-01-16T05:28:52 yes, indeed 2013-01-16T05:29:04 I'm running bots from my home connection, which drops out all the time 2013-01-16T05:29:35 oh 2013-01-16T05:30:50 *** Wren80[work] has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) 2013-01-16T05:31:09 *** Wren80[work] has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T05:32:21 the starter package has some hills implementation code 2013-01-16T05:32:39 but i guess you need more in order to run grinding yourself 2013-01-16T05:33:11 it reminds me of corewars - i tried to learn it several times with no luck 2013-01-16T05:34:02 too difficult to play 2013-01-16T05:34:55 I agree about corewars, I never worked out how to do anything clever with it 2013-01-16T05:35:31 I played AT Robots 2, programming game for dos, which was quite fun 2013-01-16T05:37:41 i looked at crobots 15 years ago, looked into corewars 3-4 times with not much success so far 2013-01-16T05:46:31 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2013-01-16T05:46:37 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T05:51:05 *** pairofdice has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T05:51:31 *** zoranc has quit IRC (Quit: Page closed) 2013-01-16T05:55:05 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 255 seconds) 2013-01-16T06:00:20 *** smiley1983 has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 2013-01-16T06:00:34 *** smiley1983 has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T06:00:41 *** onemore has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T06:04:41 *** nightfly has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T06:05:19 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T06:09:07 guys, does any of you know of an easy way to get the planet that the enemy attacked in his last turn? 2013-01-16T06:09:35 I tried implementing something like a neste forloop through all planets that are not mine and checking the difference but that seems to fail 2013-01-16T06:17:16 *** epicmonkey has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T06:18:08 *** G1eb_ has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T06:21:30 *** G1eb has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 2013-01-16T06:26:23 *** G1eb_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 2013-01-16T07:13:39 *** zoranc has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T07:14:17 smiley1983: i just paid for flights by direct deposit because it saved me the $17 booking fee 2013-01-16T07:14:25 god damn it's painful to book flights these days 2013-01-16T07:14:47 pay-for seat allocation is opt-out, same with insurance 2013-01-16T07:15:24 and i had to pay for 15kg baggage ($14.50 each way to melbs and back) just to take my skateboard with me as that's the min check-in amount :( 2013-01-16T07:29:41 *** alehorst has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) 2013-01-16T07:59:53 *** alehorst has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T08:09:31 *** G1eb has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T08:13:58 *** G1eb has quit IRC (Client Quit) 2013-01-16T08:23:59 *** pairofdice has quit IRC (Quit: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.) 2013-01-16T08:24:51 *** pairofdice has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T08:42:48 python tcpclient.py li414-97.members.linode.com 2085 "./MyBot" someRandomUserName someRandomPassword 2013-01-16T08:42:55 is that correct? 2013-01-16T08:46:14 wohoo seems that starter package works! 2013-01-16T08:46:38 now i just need to make it a cron job :D 2013-01-16T08:50:59 there are curently only two of us on the hill 2013-01-16T08:59:26 *** G1eb has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T09:03:39 *** sigh has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) 2013-01-16T09:05:03 *** onemore has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 2013-01-16T09:53:05 *** amstan has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T09:53:06 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o amstan 2013-01-16T10:12:08 zoranc: you can also add "-1" after that command to make it loop until interrupted 2013-01-16T10:12:14 antimatroid: where are you travelling to? 2013-01-16T10:14:39 *** btiberi has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T10:15:45 G1eb: are you trying to find out where the enemy sent their fleets on the previous turn? You can work this out by checking which fleets are one turn into their journey, and probably by other methods as well (like tracking data between turns, checking the difference between expected ship numbers (if no orders were given) and actual ship numbers 2013-01-16T10:15:54 *** pairofdice has quit IRC (Quit: In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni.) 2013-01-16T10:16:30 ) 2013-01-16T10:21:20 *** RagingDave has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T10:24:43 *** ramn[work] has quit IRC () 2013-01-16T10:30:24 *** ramn[work] has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T10:31:22 smiley1983: i managed to run a bot for certain number of battles even in background 2013-01-16T10:31:52 however if i omit the number of battles it will just fight forever 2013-01-16T10:32:16 i would prefer that it does like 10 or so battles only when there is a new chalenger 2013-01-16T10:32:52 and otherwise stay idle in order not to pollute the history with 1000 of battles 2013-01-16T10:33:41 oh, and awesome work on the server btw ;-) 2013-01-16T10:33:46 thanks a bunch!!! 2013-01-16T10:36:16 *** kurnevsky has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T10:52:04 *** btiberi has quit IRC (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 2013-01-16T10:52:41 *** btiberi has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T10:56:36 *** amstan has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 2013-01-16T11:03:48 *** amstan has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T11:03:48 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o amstan 2013-01-16T11:12:56 *** mceier has quit IRC (Quit: leaving) 2013-01-16T11:14:49 *** btiberi has quit IRC (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 2013-01-16T11:34:48 zoranc: I wouldn't worry about polluting the history, it's already much polluted, and will probably be reset soon. 2013-01-16T11:35:24 hehe 2013-01-16T11:35:28 I'm happy that the server is appreciated. :) I should reiterate that I didn't write the bulk of the code, I've just adapted it to run a few other games 2013-01-16T11:36:07 than maybe i'll try to create just a little intelligent bot and make it run forever on my server 2013-01-16T11:36:16 any plans for a competition? 2013-01-16T11:36:39 Not run by me :) I do hope there's another one soon though 2013-01-16T11:37:06 well administrative work takes also lot of time 2013-01-16T11:37:18 did you think or registering a domain? 2013-01-16T11:38:31 For my current server? No... it's only really meant to be a temporary measure to keep things alive for now, I'm hoping something more official will come along 2013-01-16T11:40:46 i see 2013-01-16T11:41:15 Also, do you know about hackerrank? There's a whole set of ai programming challenges over there, not quite the same as aichallenge but I've been working on solutions for some of the problems 2013-01-16T11:41:31 nope 2013-01-16T11:41:44 hackerrank.com - definitely recommended :) 2013-01-16T11:43:06 *** epicmonkey has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2013-01-16T11:45:10 looks cool 2013-01-16T11:45:23 tic-tac-toe is def very easy 2013-01-16T11:45:57 as optimal strategy is basically 8-9 rules 2013-01-16T11:46:25 first time i invented those when i was like 10 years old or so 2013-01-16T11:46:46 i intend to participate in facebook hacker cup 2013-01-16T11:46:55 those are very difficult thought 2013-01-16T11:46:59 *** btiberi has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T11:48:29 I don't know about that one, reading... 2013-01-16T11:49:06 its more like solving programing/math problems 2013-01-16T11:49:10 *** btiberi has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T11:49:54 *** Wren80[work] has quit IRC (Quit: Wren80[work]) 2013-01-16T11:50:31 *** amstan has quit IRC (Quit: Konversation terminated!) 2013-01-16T12:28:45 *** mceier has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T12:41:50 *** zoranc has quit IRC (Quit: Page closed) 2013-01-16T12:54:35 *** epicmonkey has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T13:18:03 *** G1eb_ has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T13:19:24 *** G1eb has quit IRC (Read error: Operation timed out) 2013-01-16T13:22:37 *** G1eb_ has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 2013-01-16T13:24:54 *** Scooper has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T13:34:58 *** thestinger has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2013-01-16T13:35:11 *** thestinger1 has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T13:36:12 *** thestinger has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T13:41:32 *** thestinger has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2013-01-16T13:56:52 *** foRei has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T14:09:55 *** dici has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T14:36:13 *** Wren80[work] has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T14:41:28 *** Accoun has quit IRC () 2013-01-16T15:05:14 *** Wren80[work] has quit IRC (Quit: Wren80[work]) 2013-01-16T15:10:21 *** Accoun has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T15:20:54 *** ramn[ws] has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T15:23:29 *** Wren80[work] has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T15:51:35 *** thestinger has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T15:59:04 *** antimatroidl has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T16:40:50 *** kurnevsky has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2013-01-16T16:48:18 *** RagingDave has quit IRC (Quit: Ex-Chat) 2013-01-16T17:04:19 *** thestinger has quit IRC (Quit: WeeChat 0.3.9.2) 2013-01-16T17:13:18 *** RagingDave has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T17:27:37 *** Wren80[work] has quit IRC (Quit: Wren80[work]) 2013-01-16T17:38:08 *** btiberi has quit IRC (Quit: This computer has gone to sleep) 2013-01-16T17:39:06 *** btiberi has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T17:40:14 *** mviel has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2013-01-16T17:40:44 *** Scooper has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving) 2013-01-16T17:46:05 *** dici has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 2013-01-16T18:26:26 *** foRei has quit IRC (Quit: Bye) 2013-01-16T18:28:14 *** amstan has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T18:28:14 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o amstan 2013-01-16T19:32:08 *** RagingDave has quit IRC (Quit: Ex-Chat) 2013-01-16T19:43:26 *** antimatroidl has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2013-01-16T20:02:36 *** epicmonkey has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 272 seconds) 2013-01-16T21:44:35 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 2013-01-16T21:47:22 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T22:28:58 smiley1983: i answered that, just to melbs to hang with the bro for a week before semester starts again 2013-01-16T23:05:21 *** ronchaine has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 2013-01-16T23:12:08 *** ronchaine has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T23:13:02 *** dvladim has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T23:14:10 *** xsx has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T23:14:34 Why registration is closed? 2013-01-16T23:14:35 .. 2013-01-16T23:20:53 *** xsx has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 2013-01-16T23:22:05 *** dvladim has quit IRC (Ping timeout: 252 seconds) 2013-01-16T23:26:27 *** antimatroid has quit IRC (Quit: Leaving.) 2013-01-16T23:26:44 *** antimatroid has joined #aichallenge 2013-01-16T23:31:02 *** AlliedEnvy has quit IRC (Remote host closed the connection) 2013-01-16T23:31:34 @later tell xsx registrations are closed because there is no contest at the moment, but you can run bots against the TCP server mentioned here: http://forums.aichallenge.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3641 2013-01-16T23:31:34 smiley1983: Job's done. 2013-01-16T23:34:47 *** AlliedEnvy has joined #aichallenge