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Subject: Re: 1500$ First Prize!

Author: Mridul Muralidharan

Date: 03:26:33 03/30/04

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On March 29, 2004 at 16:06:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 29, 2004 at 14:26:30, Peter Skinner wrote:
>
>>On March 29, 2004 at 01:06:02, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>For the first time in the International CSVN Tournaments substantial prize money
>>>is offered. PAL Group sponsors the tournament and makes available US$ 1500 for
>>>first prize, US$ 1000 for second prize and US$ 500 for third prize as well.
>>
>>Again I must state that this tournament is becoming better and better each year.
>>With the added incentive of a cash prize, I am sure there will be a record
>>number of participants.
>
>It won't make any difference for how many people show up.  The strongest
>programs are going to win it and they were going to enter anyway.  And it won't
>entice people from North or South America because it is only the cost of the
>trip and you are not guaranteed to achieve it.
>
>I predict that it will make the winners happy but will have no effect on
>entrants.

Maybe business class air round trip and 5 start accomadation would do ? :)

Mridul



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