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Subject: Re: Considering Frank's Poll...

Author: Mike S.

Date: 14:45:39 01/18/01

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On January 18, 2001 at 17:26:23, John Dahlem wrote:

>Speaking of these tournaments...
>
>Why don't they make all programs use equal hardware???? I don't understand why
>they allow anyone to use SIXTY 300 mhz processors, especially when some use one
>400 mhz processor. This in my opinion is very unfair! (...) I know there is an >explanation but I obviously dont currently know what it is!

I think, there are two main variants of such events, i.e.

- competition of programs (individual software, equal or identical hardware)
- competition of machines (individual soft- and hardware)

Paderborn is just the 2nd type of tournament.

In other tournaments, various types of rules have been applied, ranging from
identical pc's or "single CPU" to unlimited. I think, as long as the rules are
the same for everyone who wants to participate, we cannot really say it's unfair
in the sportive sense of the word (of course there may be imbalanced hardware
conditions, technically speaking).

Regards,
M.Scheidl



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