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From: Tako.Schotanus@bouw.tno.nl (Tako Schotanus)
Subject: Re: Fog of Units (was Re: Fog of War)
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In article <3r55hs$2hv@mksrv1.dseg.ti.com>, Keith Harriman 
(a0207287@mkcase1.dseg.ti.com) says...
>
>[snip all this talk of how bad/great the metric/non-metric system 
is/was]

>        By the way... does anybody else use teaspoons and tablespoons
>for recipes and such?  See, I'm writing this AI game where you have
>to make a cake against a computer opponent but the ingredients are
>all measured in different units.  I don't think this game would be
>any fun in metric...the faster math (i.e. the computer!) would
>always win.  In US-polluted English units, you wouldn't just get
>fast and slow... you'ld get completely wrong amounts which would
>yield good and bad taste.  So you see why this is much more
>elegant!

This is cool! You could even put in that you'd have to try figure
out what system the other is using. Spy on the others cookbook
when he'she isn't looking for a second or see which cup is best
for measuring in ONE go the exact amount of milk needed!
Maybe even use a Briber or Influencer to take on the judges who
have to taste the cakes. I think genetic algorithmes would be best
here. You could go for things like: how much money to offer and
what to say (you're soooo strong/beautiful/smart/etc.!!) and change
the parameters a little bit every time to find out what the best
combination is! ;)

Tako



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