On the contrary, it would be inappropriate to decide not to investigate possible cheating just because of someone's past track record. That said, I agree with the decision to let this pass, as it is clear enough that the common code is mainly due to the use of a common team reference.
On Oct 6, 9:06 am, SkidanovAlex <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, Dmitry and Natalia are gold medalists of last year ACM > ICPC world finals. It was wierd to think that they need to cheat :o) > > Thanks, > Skidanov Alexander > > On Oct 6, 12:11 am, dmitrymatov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm in complete shock. We have been working hard for years to build > > the unified team coding style, and now it is the reason for > > disqualification:) > > > You may ask, why I'm writing this post. I want to know your opinion, > > especially opinion of the ACM ICPC participants. Look at the code. Is > > it so specific to be written independently by members of the same > > team? Do you believe me or do you think the same way as the jury? > > > So... > > > It's better to post the letter chain here (read from the bottom): > > > 2009/10/5 Dmitry Matov <[email protected]> > > > We met with Natalia today and guessed the reason together:). May > > be you won't consider it as an appeal, but I'll try to explain the > > similarity of our solutions. Natalia and I are members of one ACM ICPC > > Team, Saratov SU#1. We have participated together for 4 years. We have > > unified coding style and use the same patterns. We use the same > > template file for our solutions. We use the same pdf with common-use > > algorithms (on ICPC Finals such pdf is called Team Notebook), and we > > do not hesitate to copy parts of the code from it. Ask any experienced > > former ACM participant from your Code Jam Team. They will confirm that > > the members of the ACM ICPC team should write code and even think the > > same way if they want to reach success. The similarity is too > > subjective concept, an it's so sad that you use such vague criterion. > > We didn't co-operate during the contest, you can't prove the fact. You > > are able to disqualify anyone using such criterions. > > > 2009/10/5 Bartholomew Furrow <[email protected]> > > > Dear Nerevar, > > > While reviewing the source code submitted by all the > > contestants, we discovered that your source code was similar or > > identical to another user's. Specifically, you had code that was very > > similar to user natalia's for C-small. Since entering the contest > > multiple times is not allowed, and neither is co-operation with other > > contestants, we have disqualified both of you from the competition. > > > Regards, > > Bartholomew Furrow > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 03:55, Dmitry Matov > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello. > > > Sorry, but I dont't understand which of the rules I have > > violated. Could you specify the exact rule or term? > > I think it will be fair if I know the exact reason of my > > disqualification. Only after knowing it I can decide whether to appeal > > or not. > > > Thank you. > > > 2009/10/5 <[email protected]> > > > Hello Nerevar, > > > Unfortunately, we determined that your participation in Round 2 > > was in violation of our Official Rules, as stated > > athttp://code.google.com/codejam/rules.html, and you have been > > eliminated from this year's contest. Please read through both our > > Rules and our Terms & Conditions (available > > athttp://code.google.com/codejam/terms.html) > > thoroughly. If you would like to appeal your disqualification, or have > > questions about it, contact us at programmingcontest- > > [email protected] before October 6th at 19:00 UTC**, which is > > roughly 38 hours after this email was sent. > > > Regards, > > The Code Jam Team- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "google-codejam" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
