Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:04:13 11/14/01
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On November 14, 2001 at 13:18:17, Slater Wold wrote: >On November 14, 2001 at 12:52:14, Kevin Strickland wrote: > >>On November 14, 2001 at 11:15:30, Bruce Moreland wrote: >> >>>On November 14, 2001 at 10:47:04, Tony Werten wrote: >>> >>>>Hi all, >>>> >>>>From 5 to 11 July 2002, the 7th Computer Olympiad will be held in Maastricht. >>>>Part of the olympiad will be the 10th WCCC. >>>> >>>>I'll give more information as soon as it's available. >>>> >>>>cheers, >>>> >>>>Tony >>> >>>1) You scheduled this so that travel for Americans will take place on a major >>>holiday. I mean, why not hold this on December 26th? >> >>Better yet January 1.. would be better wouldn't it? >>> >>>2) This event has been held in Europe many consecutive times, which is contrary >>>to the ICCA charter. >> >>I would like to see it in North America. Then I could attend no matter where it >>is in NA. Travel would be easier. >>> >>>The first point may be moot because of the second point. >> >>I am begining to think that the ICCA is biased towards the european countries. > >This is silly. None of these organizers had 1 second of thought for Americans. >Whether that be operators, or people who just wanted to come. > >I am guessing that ICCA's bias comes from the fact that most computer chess >programmers are from Europe. And that is *GREAT*. I can't wait to see Frans, >or Mathias, or Christophe, or Ed's next column in the journal. That was well-done. :) Had to read it twice to sort out the sarcasm, irony and real truth. :)
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