Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:56:15 02/07/04
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On February 07, 2004 at 04:45:15, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On February 02, 2004 at 09:52:05, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 02, 2004 at 05:41:05, Omid David Tabibi wrote: >> >>>Congratulations for the spectacular performance. Hopefully this great result >>>will convince you to participate in the world championship this year! >> >>If it takes a week plus, I still can't make it. Same reasons as before, until >>perhaps when I retire in another 10-15 years... > >It seems to me that you could submit an academic paper to CG 2004, and attend >the conference to present your paper. If you're already there for the >conference (which is an academic endeavour -- so presumably it would be >acceptable to your employer?) then the incremental time to participate in the >tournament is small. "small" is very relative. I have _never_ attended a conference and stayed for more than 2.5 days. Most conferences don't last any longer than that. The difference between 2.5 and 8 is _very_ significant. IE it is more than 3x as long... > >I suppose you've "been there, done that" many times before, so it may not appeal >to you. I have to say that I really enjoyed attending ACG-10 and, by extension, >the last WCCC, in Graz last November. I was hardly a special case: the U of >Alberta sent at least five professors, plus more graduate students than can be >counted on two hands. Therefore, it puzzles me that it's difficult for you to >make arrangements to attend. Did your guys miss two weeks of classes? That's what it takes to attend an event that plays chess on 8 consecutive days, minimum, not to mention travel and set-up time... > >Congratulations on Crafty's performance at CCT-6! > >Dave
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