Author: Uri Blass
Date: 09:26:50 07/31/01
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On July 31, 2001 at 12:04:23, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On July 31, 2001 at 05:34:30, Ed Schröder wrote: > >>I just hope it is not too late and that the rules are set back to normal. I >>really was looking forward to the event because I wanted to see my my latest >>brainchild in action. >> >>But as it seems now I will have to limit myself to a few social visits >>(Maastricht is about my back-garden) which is a nice thought after all. >> >>Ed > >If they set the rules back to normal, then *I* have spent money on the wrong >system. > >I didn't really want to go to this event, but for reasons that have nothing to >do with single/multi- processor stuff, I decided to go. I made this decision >after the hardware rules were posted, so I hadn't already spent the money on a >system. > >Having applied and been accepted I went out and ordered a system and bought a >non-refundable plane ticket. I had to order a system because it is extremely >nasty to take my quad 450 on an airplane, and I will never do it again, and the >only other sensible machine in the house is a P3/550. So I got something for >this tournament that seemed sensible and was within my price range. > >Waiting until the last minute worked in my favor, but it's not like I was >devious about it. > >There is a cost if they change the event back to single processor, and the cost >will be paid by me, and I certainly don't deserve to suffer these damages. > >bruce I agree. After doing a bad decision everything that they do is bad. Maybe the best thing to do now is to organize 2 seperate tournaments at the same place(WCCC and WMCCC) when programmers can decide if to participate in only one of them or in both of them when the WCCC is going to be open for everyone. Uri
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