Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 16:32:37 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 11:59:02, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On December 01, 2003 at 11:40:39, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On December 01, 2003 at 11:37:30, Roberto Nerici wrote: >> >>>On December 01, 2003 at 11:24:20, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On December 01, 2003 at 10:14:20, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >>>> >>>>>http://www.icga.org/News/events/wccc2004/BarIlan.pdf >>>>> >>>>>12th World Computer Chess Championship >>>>>Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel >>>>>July 4th-12th 2004 >>>> >>>>July 4. >>>>What a bunch of morons. >>> >>>Would have you gone anyway? >> >> >>There are plenty of US engine authors. ICGA want to exclude Americans for some >>reason. Politics? >> > >That date was chosen especially for the US participants who cannot afford the >time to travel in non-holiday time. Did anyone actually talk to real Americans about this, or did someone just guess at what they think would be helpful for them? > Moreover, the financial assistance was also >added to further encourage the participation of US programmers. The cheapest plane tickets I see now from here (Indianapolis) to Tel Aviv, Israel around those dates is still almost $1000 _after_ the $300 assistance is taken out of the price. Then one must still pay for travel from Tel Aviv to Ramat-Gan, as well as lodging for 8 days.
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