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How Many Processors Do You Need For a Snipe Hunt?

Snipe hunts, fool's gold, solutions to AI-complete problems, I've been victimized by them all. Although I have gotten over the snipe hunts and fool's gold, I haven't been able to quite shake the AI-complete part yet. Why can't I just throw more processors at the problem? Why can't the fastest beat the hardest? Oops, let me regress for a moment. I said I would have to stir up what I meant by AI-complete, so first let me do so.

February 16, 2009
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