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Subject: Re: Rough framework for an ICC Computer Championship

Author: Jon Dart

Date: 07:46:58 11/14/99

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On November 14, 1999 at 10:05:02, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>I am trying to handle two problems... 'lag' is not one of them either...
>
>1.  The opponent disconnects for reasons under his control.  his program
>crashes.  His machine acts up.  Or he wants to give his program more time to
>'think' without getting charged for it.
>
>this is possible to detect as if you can get to his ISP, then it isn't a net
>problem.  It is either intentional, or in the phone line.

My ISP (Verio) very, very rarely is down. For me, disconnects are due
mostly to the phone line. Sometimes the connection resets and I can't
even reconnect for a while. Sometimes the OS hangs (Win 98, what a joke).

But as I said before, I wouldn't use this setup for a tournament. I
suspect most people have more reliable connectivity.

--Jon



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