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Subject: Re: CCT6 Question

Author: Ulrich Tuerke

Date: 01:22:58 12/31/03

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On December 31, 2003 at 04:06:05, José Carlos wrote:

>On December 30, 2003 at 22:18:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 30, 2003 at 19:11:28, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>>
>>>On December 30, 2003 at 19:04:16, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>I think changing machines is fine, although it probably should not be done
>>>>in the middle of a game...
>>>
>>>Which then would not allow a remote operator in practice. The real machine could
>>>become unavailable for some reason (most likely connection problems). If you are
>>>not allowed to continue the game with another machine, remote operations will be
>>>a very risky thing. I have not seen any clear rules about this. Personally, I
>>>think computer change should be allowed for something like CCT6, at least if it
>>>is not used without reason. But perhaps, you exactly mean this by: "probably
>>>*should* not be done in the middle of a game..." I emphasized should.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Dieter
>>
>>
>>I would not object myself, but there is a small hole here.  IE suppose you have
>>a machine you normally use, that is dedicated to you, and you have a much faster
>>machine but several people share it.  At the right moment, you could switch to
>>the faster machine, and since you are starting from scratch, initially you
>>would likely get a big chunk of high-priority computing before your priority
>>drops far enough to make it slower than your normal machine.
>>
>>However, knowing your situation _in advance_ I would personally vote to not
>>worry about it for that case, so that the operator could switch to his local
>>machine on a hang.  And I'd bet his local machine is probably slower otherwise
>>he would use that all the time, so there would be little room for complaints
>>about operator intervention.
>
>  I have no objection either, of course.

Me too,
Uli

>
>  José C.



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