Author: Chris Whittington
Date: 02:01:29 09/28/97
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On September 27, 1997 at 23:28:09, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 27, 1997 at 10:55:06, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>On September 26, 1997 at 23:49:32, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>The only fact I know about the situation is that Mchess did *not* >>>enter >>> before the official deadline. Personally, I see no excuse in that. >>>At >>> more than one event in the past, I entered Cray Blitz with the proviso >>>that >>> I might not be able to arrange machine time... and on a couple of >>>occasions >>> I backed out. That is why there is a waiting list. Why Marty didn't >>>get an >>> application in on time is anybody's guess. But it was advertised in >>>plenty of >>> time, so I am basically unsympathetic. I'd like to see genius, mchess >>>and >>> rebel there. We likely won't see any. But trying to displace an >>>already >>> accepted program with a late arrival makes no sense. If anybody is to >>>blame, >>> it is Marty (or Richard or Ed) as the entry deadline was published in >>>several >>> different places. >> >> >>I told David clearly I wouldn't participate. >> Why would you blame me? >> >>- Ed - > >Sorry. I wasn't... the idea was that *if* you had applied late, there >would > be no real reason to extend preferential treatment... same for Marty >or > Richard. I had known you weren't going.. you had explained why last >year > in fact. So I wasn't blaming you at all... but since Rebel was one of >the > three "no-shows" mentioned, I was pointing out that any of you that >wanted to > go had plenty of time to enter "on time." Just like the rest of >us... I didn't enter on time. I entered after the deadline, didn't query amateur/professional status and offered my $1000 and 150 word CSTal description on provisioal acceptance. I was accepted without any problems or queries. Chris > >Bob > > > >> >> >>>Deadlines are deadlines. I don't see any issue here >>>of >>> being fair, or just, or anything else. Just following the written >>>letter of >>> the announcement precisely, which is all we can really ask of >>>anyone... >>>
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