Nice going guys. Guess we are forgetting one completely different aspect to this problem. What about problems of power cuts and other temporary failures? I know some participants do not face this problem, but I am sure many, especially from developing third world countries do.
Let's say we download a small data set and while executing the code the power goes and my ADSL modem and WiFi router goes. Although I have not faced this problem, my guess is I will download another data set once the power supply resumes and will be able submit my solution and output data, albeit with a time penalty. What happens in case of large data set? Your submission will time out and you will not be able to submit anything at all. Of course, we can get around this problem by buying UPS for modems and routers, but again may be everybody won't do that. As far as "being perfect the first time" philosophy is concerned, was GCJ itself a perfect implementation the first time? May be not. My point is what's wrong in giving the contestants a chance to improve upon their solution once. Coming up with an algorithm and then improving upon that within a span of half n hour itself is a big deal. Also, they are being penalized for the second attempt anyway. On May 21, 3:53 pm, Dhruva Sagar <[email protected]> wrote: > :), I guess you forgot Windows ME, Windows Vista !? > > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 16:20, Leopoldo Taravilse <[email protected]>wrote: > > > All Microsoft products are perfect in their first release, or at least, the > > last release is not better than the first one... > > > -- > > 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]<google-code%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. > > -- > > Thanks & Regards, > Dhruva Sagar. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-code?hl=en. -- 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.
