Author: Johan de Koning
Date: 22:40:25 12/11/03
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On December 10, 2003 at 10:36:44, Matthew Hull wrote: >On December 10, 2003 at 02:46:34, Johan de Koning wrote: >>c) lots of wasted time and I loved every minute of it. > >Is this the European way or just the ICGA way? My point was that the WCCC is an event. An event by & for humans, not by & for computers. Barking madness, as you call it, is part of the event. Technicalities (organizational and electrical) are part of the event. They can be discussed, but still they are technicalities. Humans are pretty smart (even the ones that fail to agree with me :-). They can easily survive and multiply with only 1 hour "work" per day. The rest of their lives is about wasting time (aka money) in an enjoyable manner. Creating a chess program is enjoyable. Pitting it against others is enjoyable, and even if it isn't, learning why not is enjoyable. Going to the movies is enjoyable. And finally, joining the WCCC *can* be enjoyable. However, optimizing an event like the WCCC for time is like compressing LotR for a 22' time slot: an interesting challenge, but a completely different thing. And while I'm with the analogy, [snipped more blah]. ... Johan
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