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Licensing JACK, and bringing it to BBO. Here is one idea: put in your convention card with JACK, and then have the ability to play with JACK as an expert partner (an avatar if you will) against other players who have their own avatar. You could set up tournaments using this concept: no more could you blame your partner.
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Bringing JACK to BBO
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Posted 2011-July-12, 19:09
What is JACK?
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Posted 2011-July-12, 20:44
JACK is a computer bridge program. It has won 7 of the last 10 world computer bridge championships (with Wbridge5 winning the other 3).
See wikipedia computer bridge page.
See wikipedia computer bridge page.
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Posted 2011-July-13, 07:37
Keep on dreaming, it's all about the money and Jack will be way too expensive.
I rather have a free online bridge program with GIB instead of one where I have to pay because Jack's technology is used.
I rather have a free online bridge program with GIB instead of one where I have to pay because Jack's technology is used.
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Posted 2011-July-13, 09:12
Free, on 2011-July-13, 07:37, said:
Keep on dreaming, it's all about the money and Jack will be way too expensive.
I rather have a free online bridge program with GIB instead of one where I have to pay because Jack's technology is used.
I rather have a free online bridge program with GIB instead of one where I have to pay because Jack's technology is used.
People do rent the BBO robots regularly. There is no reason that they cannot do the same with JACK, if BBO draws up the right agreement with the owner of the software.
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Posted 2011-July-13, 22:33
WBreedyk, on 2011-July-13, 09:12, said:
People do rent the BBO robots regularly. There is no reason that they cannot do the same with JACK, if BBO draws up the right agreement with the owner of the software.
The "owner" of Bridge Baron suggested that and BBO has done nothing I suspect.
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Posted 2011-July-14, 01:27
WBreedyk, on 2011-July-13, 09:12, said:
People do rent the BBO robots regularly. There is no reason that they cannot do the same with JACK, if BBO draws up the right agreement with the owner of the software.
True, but JACK will be much more expensive than GIB, that's all I was trying to say. 1$ in a month is ridiculously cheap. In the web version you can even use GIBs for free for certain purposes (like partnership bidding).
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Posted 2011-July-14, 07:17
Free, on 2011-July-14, 01:27, said:
True, but JACK will be much more expensive than GIB, that's all I was trying to say. 1$ in a month is ridiculously cheap. In the web version you can even use GIBs for free for certain purposes (like partnership bidding).
Its not $1 per month, its $1/day or $1/week for a junky software. You mean some tournaments.
A full license of Jack 5 is about 106.394 USD forever over 3 years- 11c. Its all in how the licensing arrangement work and if Jack can work withine BBO.
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Posted 2011-July-14, 08:58
People will blame partner whether partner is Jack, Gib, or Zia, I suspect.
Still, it is an interesting idea, and I'll discuss it w/Fred.
Still, it is an interesting idea, and I'll discuss it w/Fred.
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Posted 2011-July-17, 21:14
I think both jack and wbridge5 are much much stronger than gib. wbridge5 is even free for users to download.
WBreedyk, on 2011-July-12, 12:38, said:
Licensing JACK, and bringing it to BBO. Here is one idea: put in your convention card with JACK, and then have the ability to play with JACK as an expert partner (an avatar if you will) against other players who have their own avatar. You could set up tournaments using this concept: no more could you blame your partner.
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