Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:00:10 12/12/03
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On December 12, 2003 at 03:11:43, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >On December 12, 2003 at 01:53:04, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On December 12, 2003 at 01:40:25, Johan de Koning wrote: >> >>>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 >> >> >>I completely grok what you are saying. However, the happy medium between a >>leisurely event and an efficient, cost-effective event must be balanced >>according to the needs of the _World's_ participants with the primary goal of >>the event in view. Instead, it seems to us that they are balanced by only >>considering the needs of Europeans (and relatively near nieghbors) who have >>loads of liesure time to burn. > >There were quite a number of Canadians in the conference during that period. So, >it seems that the problem is not with the Europeans and their near neighbors, >but with Americans. A question. Did they stay the entire 1.5 weeks, or did they come for a day or two or three to present something, and then leave? That's an important factoid, as it is related to the "time" issue I have raised for so many years... > >There was *unfortunately* very little time to waste in Graz. I emphasize >"unfortunately", because I enjoyed every minute of the "wasted" time. Dave >Gomboc from Canada (which for some reason mistook the Austrian autumn for >Canadian summer!), will also tell you how enjoyable the event was :) > > >> >>Matt
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