Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 11:23:23 07/09/01
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On July 09, 2001 at 12:21:38, Bruce Moreland wrote: When i checked yesterday the tournament rules it wasn't there yet. I found out today!! it's a good decision to allow all PCs. however of course i would prefer open hardware always, as nowadays the difference is very small. In past there were dedicated machines which had very slow processors, nowadays no one is slow if SMP is allowed. I would *love* to see P.Conners join for example. When he needs 180 pc's to do so, then i don't mind, even though i lost so far all games from p.conners! >On July 09, 2001 at 10:45:12, Tony Werten wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>soon readable on the webpages http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/olympiad/ >> >>WMCC open for all types of computers, as long as you bring it in. >> >>Take out your quads and alfa's. >> >>cheers, >> >>Tony > >When was it announced anywhere that this was open to multiprocessor machines? >Who was the first potential competitor to find out about it, and when did they >find out about it? > >This event is getting really painful. It is always in Europe. There is always >a short time between when the accepted applicant list is posted and the time of >the tournament, so the plane flight is expensive. There is no travel support >for anyone going to Europe, although when the tournament is outside Europe the >plane ticket is free. The rules change some rules aren't enforced. Even the >name of the event has changed. > >What if I had bought a computer for this last week? Suddenly I get there and >I'm not competitive because I assumed, with a month left, that it was a >single-processor event. > >I haven't even applied to go yet. It sounds too awful to contemplate. > >Thank you, > >bruce
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