Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 11:56:03 11/28/03
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On November 28, 2003 at 14:50:00, Daniel Clausen wrote: >On November 28, 2003 at 12:41:14, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>I think this was handled very very badly, perhaps correct under the rules of the >>tournament, but still very badly overall. >> >>My suggestion to prevent this from happening in the future is to have strict >>time lines BEFORE and AFTER the tournament for one to question the "legality" of >>a program, but not during the tournament. Especially in light of these >>artificial deadlines made to author while studying for his exams. (why the rush >>to judgment? IMO, the organizers were very heavy handed in how this was >>conducted - esp. with the ultimatums and the like) There would have been plenty >>of time to address these issues after the tournament. If porgram was found to >>be illegal after the tournament . all the games should be discarded, not just a >>select few. >> >>Instead , we have a tournament that has been swallowed up by this controversy >>and it will be forever tainted. >> >>Perhaps a bright and promising programmer that may have nothing to do with ICGA >>or even computer chess again. Is this a correct result if he is innocent? >> >>Again just my $.02, your mileage may vary, opposing views welcome. > >I agree with everything you said, but would like to add that the programmer of >List also didn't behave very clever. Exams etc are no excuse to not answer a >simple email or give them a call. He didn't give the tournament responsibles an >option once they made their last proposal. > >The decisions made (by both sides) can't be cancelled now. What still can be >done though is to find out whether List is a clone or not. I think that's very >important for the CC community. As a start, it would be good to hear the >programmers POV in this case. > >Sargon Yes, and to hear the information seen by the other participants. Bob D.
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