Winboard nodes display

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jhaglund2
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Winboard nodes display

Post by jhaglund2 »

There is a small evaluation "flaw" in Winboard 4.8. The evaluation nodes displayed show a 'G', instead of 'B'.

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1.2G
804M
500M
120M
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MikeB
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Re: Winboard nodes display

Post by MikeB »

jhaglund2 wrote: Sun Oct 14, 2018 11:40 pm There is a small evaluation "flaw" in Winboard 4.8. The evaluation nodes displayed show a 'G', instead of 'B'.

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1.2G
804M
500M
120M
That's not a flaw, G represents "giga" for billion under the metric system. It just so happens that M is used for both "mega" and million, hence your misinterpretation that it is flawed.
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Re: Winboard nodes display

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I figured it was something like that. I thought Xboard / Winboard was American at it's roots. :P
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Re: Winboard nodes display

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That is very ancient history, and not much from that time has survived.