RE: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Alistair . McGlinchy
2. Tie-breaking rule I chose to break ties by rewarding the first to post. I suppose other ways are possible (e.g. reward the more efficient one) but they all seem a little artificial. This seems fair to me. First

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Piers Cawley
Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima wrote: On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While it is still fresh in everyone's minds, I thought I should make some notes on possible improvements for the next apocalypse. 1. Timing We

Re: Recall: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Matthew Byng-Maddick
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:44:47PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: McGlinchy, Alistair would like to recall the message, Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse. It's mail, Jim, but not as we know it. MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 12:31:06PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However, I suggest that in future games the Arbiter should reveal the leading scores for each hole about 4-8 hours from the end. This should make the final hours quite exciting. I think that 4-8 hours is too short,

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski
Piers Cawley wrote: I think a weekend would be fine (i.e. 2 non-working days) I don't. I don't tend to do much coding on the weekend, but I do quite a bit in the evening and on the train during the week. And I think This is very personal, I don't have much free time during the (working)

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread BooK
En réponse à Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It might be nice to see a Judge's Prize for the solution that the judge liked best. It doesn't even have to be the shortest. (It doesn't even have to qualify, given how much -p 11.. tickled the judge this time 'round) Yes, the Judge's Prize could

RE: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Alistair . McGlinchy
Hi All, [Oops apologies for 1/2 message sent before. Memo to self: never Alt-Tab with your right hand, :-) ] 2. Tie-breaking rule I chose to break ties by rewarding the first to post. I suppose other ways are possible (e.g. reward the more efficient one) but they all seem a little

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Piers Cawley
BooK [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: En réponse à Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It might be nice to see a Judge's Prize for the solution that the judge liked best. It doesn't even have to be the shortest. (It doesn't even have to qualify, given how much -p 11.. tickled the judge this time

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Ronald J Kimball
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 04:36:26PM +0100, BooK wrote: En réponse à [EMAIL PROTECTED]: IMHO a solution to a good hole should be in the 50-70 char region. That way there's more scope for styling the response. Such styling could include: - the least number of /a-z/i chars. - the

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Uri Guttman
BG == Brad Greenlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BG Or why not have a web page to which golfers would post their programs (just BG paste them in to a text field). The test program could run right then and BG update the scores. The arbiter would have admin access to go in and muck BG around

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Simon Cozens
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 10:07:15AM -0600, Nicholson, Dale wrote: Santa is nothing more than a perversion added later. Or a shortened name for Saint Nicholas, a Saint of the Catholic church. The choice is yours. -- There seems no plan because it is all plan. -- C.S. Lewis

Re: Possible improvements for the next golf apocalypse

2001-12-10 Thread Uri Guttman
PC == Piers Cawley [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: PC Uri Guttman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AS == Andrew Savige [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: AS 1. Timing you started it just as i was leaving for LISA. :( i should be around for the next one. just don't do one around the time of the