On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 22:19, Kerim Aydin<ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > [BobTHJ and coppro, your opinion on this sequence and logic is very welcome] > [Also, this is a little odd at bootup, but I think more normal afterwards] > > The list of champion awards since March 1 (eldest to youngest) is as follows: > > 1. ais523 > 2. G. > 3. OscarMeyr > 4. ais523 > 5. root > 6. coppro > 7. c. > 8. Wooble > 9. Tiger > 10. Murphy > 11. coppro > 12. c. > 13. ais523 > 14. ais523 > 15. Wooble > 16. c. > 17. Tiger > > When Cards was adopted, the "last 5 active" list was Tiger, c., Wooble, > ais523, > and coppro. Who was added to that top 5 list longest ago (and been on > continuously since then)? > > When Tiger won (#17), there were 5 others before em, so e is youngest on list. > > When c. won (#16), one of the last 5 was emself (#12), which means e was on > the > list continuously since #12. When e won at #12, one of the last 5 was emself, > so e's been on the list continuously since #7. At win #7, there were five > others before em, so that's when e was added. > > When Wooble won (#15) there were 5 others before em. > > When ais523 won (#13-14) there were 5 others before em. > > When coppro won (#11) one of the last 5 was emself (#6) which means e was on > the list continuously since #6. At win #6, there were 5 others before em, > so that's when e was added. > > So when cards were adopted, it was: > coppro (#6) Speaker > c. (#7) > ais523 (#13) > Wooble (#15) > Tiger (#17) > > This assumes none of the above went on hold in that time. I don't remember > it though they've all been pretty continuously active. > > Since then: > Wooble went off the list then back on by going on hold and then off. > That put em back on the bottom of the list (#18). > > c. went on hold. That adds Murphy to the list (#19). > > Current List > coppro (#6) Speaker > ais523 (#13) > Tiger (#17) > Wooble (#18) > Murphy (#19) > > though when c. comes back off hold (assuming no other wins meantime) e > will remove Murphy. > > -G. > Thinking about how to automate this is giving me a headache. Your logic seems sound however (apart from coppro's addition)
BobTHJ
