Author: Matthew Hull
Date: 20:49:16 05/14/04
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On May 14, 2004 at 20:47:37, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On May 14, 2004 at 20:03:35, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On May 14, 2004 at 18:26:54, Amir Ban wrote: >> >>>On May 14, 2004 at 12:32:26, Matthew Hull wrote: >>> >>>>On May 14, 2004 at 12:16:57, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >>>> >>>>>On May 13, 2004 at 20:17:42, Russell Reagan wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Not anyone can play. Only people who have several thousand dollars and two >>>>weeks >>to burn can play. I don't know many people in that situation, or at >>>>least if >>they are in that situation and participated, the locks would be >>>>changed when >>they returned home from the trip :) >>>>> >>>>>FYI, travel costs and hardware are sponsored by the organisation. >>>> >>>>No, they are not. $2000 dollars is not sponsored by the organization, neither >>>>the hotel, nor the paid time off for two weeks. The entire situation is >>>>calculated to discourage American participation. The physical format is >>>>calculated to permit cheating, as was done with the illeagal throwing of a >>>>drawn game to the eventual "winner". It is a corrupt establishment designed to >>>>cater to European interests, and to snub Americans. >>>>It is therefore an irrelevant contest, just like the FIDE World Championship is >>>>completely irrelevant. >>>>:) >>>> >>>>CCT is now the venue for true WORLD comptetition, instead of just European >>>>competition. >>>> >>> >>>No it's not. I will come to CCT to experiment, if I come at all. Others don't >>>bother to show up, and why should they ? >> >> >>Right, what commercial product wants to get beat by crafty? It's bad for >>marketing to loose to the likes of Zappa and bodo. Then people like Vincent and >>GCP couldn't show up here slamming the professor. >> >>:) >> >> >> >>>It's not a major event. >> >> >>Nonesense. 50 programs is a huge event. > >If quantity is the only parameter, It's not the only parameter, so your post is irrelevant. Open hardware, custom books, etc.
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