Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 15:54:19 11/14/99
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On November 14, 1999 at 17:02:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >I would hope that we all realize that picking a _specific_ start time is simply >not reasonable, when the 'net' is being used. In my case, I teach classes, take >time to eat with my family, etc. Times that are good for me would not be good >for someone even 2 time zones away, such as in California, USA. This is one reason to do this on weekends. And it's not going to be convenient for everyone, but it's a lot more convenient than flying half way around the world. I'm in favor of specific start times on weekends. Perhaps whoever organizes this can suggest several start times for each round, people can complain, and if we are lucky enough to receive no complaints about a particular start time, we are in business. I don't like totally flexible start times because I don't want to play one round per week. bruce >There _will_ be some problems. IE if you pair two programs where they are >on exact opposite sides of the world, then you have a problem, as there is >no time that is real good for both to get together. I hope we could do this >on the basis of one round per day, as a worst-case, so that two opponents can >get together to schedule the game. It would be nice to "try" to play at about >the same time as everyone else, but we have to realize that 'world-time' doesn't >work for that every time... > >This is 'new territory' and needs some thought to make it work...
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