Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat
On Fri, 10 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I suggest the TPR events be held every two months. > The off-month can be spent on many things: analysis of > previous games, Games::Golf module, writing quality Golf > articles for TPR (it's impossible to write a sensible > analysis of a golf tourna

RE: Alternative to monthly contests? (was Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule)

2002-05-10 Thread Karger, Amir
> You realize, I suppose, that what you are suggesting is > basically > playing 'limbo golf'? :) Perl Limbo, hm? I thought Larry was in charge of all the religious references. > I like the idea, but I think that having more than a > tournament a > month is a little bit of an over

RE: Alternative to monthly contests? (was Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule)

2002-05-10 Thread Ala Qumsieh
`/anick writes: > just my $0.02, # ah AH! this is valid perl % perl -le 'just my $0.02' syntax error at -e line 1, near "just my " Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. :) /-\|_/-\

Re: Alternative to monthly contests? (was Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule)

2002-05-10 Thread Yanick
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:36:47AM -0400, Karger, Amir wrote: > OK, this idea came to me as I was going to sleep at the end of a week containing a >golf contest, so it might be horrible, but it's at least interesting. > You realize, I suppose, that what you are suggesting is basically p

Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Yanick
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 09:44:10AM -0400, Karger, Amir wrote: > As an earthling, I've got only four eyes, [..] I have to say, the Venusian Intelligence Corp. is not forming its agents like it used to... Joy, `/anick -- Never ruin an apology with an excuse. -- Kimber

RE: Alternative to monthly contests? (was Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule)

2002-05-10 Thread Ala Qumsieh
Amir Karger writes: > Yet another interesting aspect of this is that it would > foster the maximum number of algorithms without regard for > length -- gradually evolution would allow the most > shortenable solutions to survive. (For the physicists and > computational chemists and biologists

RE: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Karger, Amir
> > > >I think we will run into a problem finding holes earlier than that. > >Refereeing is fun, and I don't really think there will be a problem > >finding new ones. > > Yes, coming up with quality holes is definitely more challenging > than coming up with enough referees. For instance, we al

Alternative to monthly contests? (was Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule)

2002-05-10 Thread Karger, Amir
OK, this idea came to me as I was going to sleep at the end of a week containing a golf contest, so it might be horrible, but it's at least interesting. If people still want to do monthly contests, this could be an a way of passing the time during the other three weeks (um, once you're out of p

Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Dave Hoover
Stefan `Sec` Zehl wrote: >On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 08:56:48AM -0500, Chris Dolan wrote: >> If we do start to see decrease in participation, or great difficulty >> finding referees (I think the latter is far more likely) then we should >> talk about changing the frequency, but not until then, I sug

Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Stefan `Sec` Zehl
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 08:56:48AM -0500, Chris Dolan wrote: > If we do start to see decrease in participation, or great difficulty > finding referees (I think the latter is far more likely) then we should > talk about changing the frequency, but not until then, I suggest. I think we will run int

Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Chris Dolan
Karger, Amir wrote: > > I have to agree with Andrew here. > > As an earthling, I've got only four eyes, and having one explode each month means >I'm going to run out of eyes soon. Two months might give me some recuperating time. > > Part of this is due to personal weakness: I don't think I cou

Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Karger, Amir
[Sorry I'm not quoting the actual letter. I just read the web maillist archive.] I have to agree with Andrew here. As an earthling, I've got only four eyes, and having one explode each month means I'm going to run out of eyes soon. Two months might give me some recuperating time. Part of this

Re: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Chris Dolan
Dave Hoover wrote: > Andrew wrote: > >>At the risk of being called a SPOILER, I feel the >>current tournament schedule is not sustainable in >>the long term. It is putting too much strain on too >>many people (who I happen to like :) and I don't >>want to see any more people rushed to hospital wi

RE: Towards a sustainable Golf schedule

2002-05-10 Thread Dave Hoover
Andrew wrote: > At the risk of being called a SPOILER, I feel the > current tournament schedule is not sustainable in > the long term. It is putting too much strain on too > many people (who I happen to like :) and I don't > want to see any more people rushed to hospital with > golf-related illnes