Author: Tony Werten
Date: 23:46:24 07/09/01
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On July 09, 2001 at 12:21:38, Bruce Moreland wrote: >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? I was the first, but I'm using singleprocessor so it doesn't matter. I immediately posted the link to the rules here to make sure everybody could find out. > >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. In this case there isn't really an accepted applicants list since it's part of the computer olympiad. ie enough room for everybody. >There is no travel support >for anyone going to Europe, although when the tournament is outside Europe the >plane ticket is free. I wouldn't know. I haven't been to such an event outside europe. It would be a question if it would still be that way today. It becomes harder every time to find a sponsor. >The rules change some rules aren't enforced. Sorry, don't get this point. >Even the >name of the event has changed. No, it's just the name of the sponsor. If you're lucky enough to find a sponsor in europe, they want their name in the eventtitle :( > >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 have to disagree. Last year multiprocessors machines were not banished from the event. The just had to show they were only using one processor.( Diep and Junior if I remember correctly ) If your program benefits from multiprocessor and you want to play at tournaments and you then buy a single processor, then your choice was wrong. Second, for most people the difference between a single and a multiprocessor does not make the difference between being competitive or not. It's the same discussion every year before such an event. Program A is going to win because the processor is 50% faster than program B. It's just not true, as is shown every year after the event. Of course, faster (or more) processors help. But not that much. > >I haven't even applied to go yet. It sounds too awful to contemplate. I hope you will, cheers, Tony > >Thank you, > >bruce
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