Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 01:31:33 07/18/04
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On July 17, 2004 at 19:46:08, Peter Berger wrote: >On July 17, 2004 at 19:37:07, Matthew Hull wrote: > >>On July 17, 2004 at 19:17:52, Andrew Williams wrote: >> >>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:57:00, Matthew Hull wrote: >>> >>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:55:23, Peter Berger wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:53:10, Matthew Hull wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:48:05, Peter Berger wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 16:10:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On July 17, 2004 at 11:38:32, Andrew Wagner wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Bob, do you think UAB would be interested/willing to host such an event? Say, >>>>>>>>>sometime next summer? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>It is certainly probable... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Probable? Or possible? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Don't forget there is also WCCC 2005 scheduled for next summer. On the other >>>>>>>hand, as it is not yet decided where it will take place, maybe you want to >>>>>>>organize it? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>One would think the ICGA would "organize" the event. What do the ICGA officers >>>>>>actually do? They must get paid for something. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>More unqualified anti-ICGA rambling - really: what's *your* problem with ICGA, >>>>>Matthew? Is it just for fun? >>>> >>>>Just wondering what they do. I could see that Omid worked his hinder parts off >>>>mightily, a virtual one-man band. It looked like they made him do all the work. >>>> >>>>It's an honest question. >>> >>>It's an odd thing about WCCCs that the organizers run around *constantly*, and >>>are working the whole time you see them. But outside of the event hall one gets >>>*zero* impression of this. I've been to WCCCs at London and at Maastricht and >>>both times, Jaap van den Herik and Jos Uiterwijk were working extremely hard for >>>the entire time I was present (I competed at Maastricht so I was present for the >>>whole tournament). Incidentally at Maastricht one should certainly add Joke >>>Hellemons to the list of extremely hard-working ICGA staff - I don't remember >>>seeing her in London, though she could have been there. Meanwhile, despite the >>>huge amount of effort being put in, people at CCC accuse the organizers of not >>>doing anything! Take my word for it, the organizers do a *huge* amount to make >>>the event run... >> >> >>That is interesting to know. Thanks for clarifying. >> >>If one is considering joining, then one likes to know a little bit about how >>that in which they are investing is run. Where I work, one likes to know >>whether or not people are working smarter rather than just harder. >> >>:) > >Where I work, one usually comments on things that concern him/her. For example >one would only consider to join in case one had written a gaming program in the >first place, whether it is the result of smart or hard work, or both. Interesting to note that people who rant most in CCC are those who haven't written a chess program at all :)
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