Re: BoB

2002-03-06 Thread Adam Spiers
Stephen Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Still, this morning's leaderboard makes me feel a bit out of my depth. I was > only 2 strokes behind last night, but now Ton's shot an eagle and a couple > of birdies to leave me 6 off the pace. It might as well have been 18 consecutive holes-in-one for

Re: BoB

2002-03-06 Thread Stephen Turner
On Wed, 6 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Actually, Stephen is my dark horse tip to win the tournament. Why? > > "This is Turner's 3rd Golf Tournament, and he's only lost twice." > Tee hee. Still, this morning's leaderboard makes me feel a bit out of my depth. I was only 2 strokes beh

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Andrew . Savige
Stephen Turner schreef op 06 maart 2002: > Well, I see BoB's leapt ahead to 51 now. And Stephen Turner to 54, I see! When I saw you one ahead of Eugene I thought it must be a misprint. Actually, Stephen is my dark horse tip to win the tournament. Why? "This is Turner's 3rd Golf Tournament, and h

suggest to get rid of tie-breaker(was Re: BoB)

2002-03-05 Thread xfgh hfgh
ECTED] (Ton Hospel) >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ton Hospel) >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: BoB >Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 20:49:16 + (UTC) > >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Isn't listing the n

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Ton Hospel
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Dolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Isn't listing the number of [^\w\s] a little too big a hint? For > example, it might have given away the technique for TPR(0,0) since the > winners had so many \w characters. Maybe the leaderboard should just >

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Rick Klement
Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat wrote: > > Maybe people with the same score and tie-breaker should have the same rank. > And someone with the same score but not the same tie-breaker will jump a few > steps backs. > > ... > > So that everyone can see the real ranking. I second this motion... :) -- Ric

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Philippe 'BooK' Bruhat
En réponse à Jerome Quelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Given two solutions with the same score and tie breaker score, imagine how > frustrating it would be if one of the golfer gains one char and not the > other... Do we have to infer that you take pleasure in player's frustation? ;-) > But if the

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Jerome Quelin
On Mardi 5 Mars 2002 15:37, Chris Dolan wrote : > Isn't listing the number of [^\w\s] a little too big a hint? For > example, it might have given away the technique for TPR(0,0) since the > winners had so many \w characters. Maybe the leaderboard should just > silently sort the ties. In that ca

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Jerome Quelin
gt; > Well, I see BoB's leapt ahead to 51 now. Yes, it won't be said BoB will be beaten like this. :) Jerome -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Chris Dolan
running the test program). > > > 52 strokes (matched 23) for Ton. > 52 strokes (matched 23) for Rick. > 52 strokes (matched 27) for BoB. > > The leaderboard is to display someone first, that was Rick. But there is a > tie, since they have the same number of [^\w\s] chars. > Next tournaments will display the tie-breaker score. > > Jerome

Re: BoB

2002-03-05 Thread Stephen Turner
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Jerome Quelin wrote: > > Yesterday, when I posted BoB's solution, I was quite proud of myself. But > this morning, when waking up, I see that both Ton Hospel and Rick Klement got > to 52... Well, I see BoB's leapt ahead to 51 now. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UKhttp:

Re: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Jerome Quelin
from running the test program). 52 strokes (matched 23) for Ton. 52 strokes (matched 23) for Rick. 52 strokes (matched 27) for BoB. The leaderboard is to display someone first, that was Rick. But there is a tie, since they have the same number of [^\w\s] chars. Next tournaments will display

Re: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Andrew . Savige
Rick Klement schreef op 05 maart 2002: > I hate to break it to you, Andrew, but others consider *you* > to be one of the sharks... /-\ndrew schreef op 05 maart 2002: > When I went to submit it, I noticed Ton Hospel is on 52. > Well done, Ton! Well done, shark Rick too! I see you got to 52. Since

Re: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Jerome Quelin
t, I noticed Ton Hospel > is on 52. Well done, Ton! Yesterday, when I posted BoB's solution, I was quite proud of myself. But this morning, when waking up, I see that both Ton Hospel and Rick Klement got to 52... Anyway, BoB still leads the course thanks to the tie-breaking rule. But I

RE: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Andrew . Savige
/-\ndrew schreef op 04 maart 2002: > After seeing the leaderboard this morning, I started hearing > the Jaws theme playing in my head. It won't go away, has been > playing all morning. Oh, the shock and terror of seeing Eugene > and Karsten swimming in the water right behind me! > > /-\ndrew Ric

Re: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Rick Klement
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Stephen Turner schreef op 04 maart 2002: > > Well, I see BoB's got 52. I'm still stuck on 60. Still, even if > > I am 8 behind BoB, at least I'm only 4 behind Eugene. :-) > > Eugene van der Pijll schreef op 04 maart 2002: >

Re: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Andrew . Savige
Stephen Turner schreef op 04 maart 2002: > Well, I see BoB's got 52. I'm still stuck on 60. Still, even if > I am 8 behind BoB, at least I'm only 4 behind Eugene. :-) Eugene van der Pijll schreef op 04 maart 2002: > 5, unless you have taken one off as well. But I do not

Re: BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Eugene van der Pijll
Stephen Turner schreef op 04 maart 2002: > Well, I see BoB's got 52. I'm still stuck on 60. Still, even if I am > 8 behind BoB, at least I'm only 4 behind Eugene. :-) 5, unless you have taken one off as well. But I do not see how it can be any shorter than that. Eugene

BoB

2002-03-04 Thread Stephen Turner
Well, I see BoB's got 52. I'm still stuck on 60. Still, even if I am 8 behind BoB, at least I'm only 4 behind Eugene. :-) -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UKhttp://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01