The Net? Sounds like cheating to me.
In what way? Team solving is certainly not cheating, and I use every reference at my disposal to solve. The first time I was shocked toYes it is; I shouldn't have said "cheating", which would imply a
find that many solvers had made calls to assorted experts, etc., but
that is a part of the game.
violation of contest rules. What really concerns me is violation of netiquette. In past Games contests, we have seen things like:
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: dodecahedron
Lines: 1
How many vertices does a dodecahedron have? Thanks.
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Jimmy Stewart
Lines: 1
What was the year of Jimmy Stewart's first feature film? Thanks.
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,alt.science.planetary
Subject: Saturn's moons
Lines: 1
How many moons does Saturn have? Thanks.
I'd like to think that solving a Calculatrivia should require a bit more
work than identifying 40 newsgroups to post to, and that was why my first reaction was to call this sort of thing cheating. With messages of the
sort illustrated above -- and they truly are representation of some that we've seen -- I think it's reasonable to call them abuse of Usenet, since they conceal the poster's intent to profit monetarily by the answer.
If people are honest about what they're doing, that's different. And if
the intent was not to refer to Usenet postings, *that's* different.
May I suggest that further discussion migrate (with sufficient context)
to rec.puzzles?
ObCrossword:
Unwieldy prize using electric power (7)
AWKWARD (AWARD + KW)
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Mark Brader, m...@sq.com | "Where is down special?" ... "Good."
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know." This article is in the public domain.
The Net? Sounds like cheating to me.
In what way? Team solving is certainly not cheating, and I use every reference at my disposal to solve. The first time I was shocked toYes it is; I shouldn't have said "cheating", which would imply a
find that many solvers had made calls to assorted experts, etc., but
that is a part of the game.
violation of contest rules. What really concerns me is violation of netiquette. In past Games contests, we have seen things like:
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: dodecahedron
Lines: 1
How many vertices does a dodecahedron have? Thanks.
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Jimmy Stewart
Lines: 1
What was the year of Jimmy Stewart's first feature film? Thanks.
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,alt.science.planetary
Subject: Saturn's moons
Lines: 1
How many moons does Saturn have? Thanks.
I'd like to think that solving a Calculatrivia should require a bit more
work than identifying 40 newsgroups to post to, and that was why my first reaction was to call this sort of thing cheating. With messages of the
sort illustrated above -- and they truly are representation of some that we've seen -- I think it's reasonable to call them abuse of Usenet, since they conceal the poster's intent to profit monetarily by the answer.
If people are honest about what they're doing, that's different. And if
the intent was not to refer to Usenet postings, *that's* different.
May I suggest that further discussion migrate (with sufficient context)
to rec.puzzles?
ObCrossword:
Unwieldy prize using electric power (7)
AWKWARD (AWARD + KW)
--
Mark Brader, m...@sq.com | "Where is down special?" ... "Good."
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know." This article is in the public domain.
On Sunday, January 29, 1995 at 5:33:02 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:I am glad to see so may people who agree!
The Net? Sounds like cheating to me.
Will Shortz killed Eugene T. MaleskaIn what way? Team solving is certainly not cheating, and I use every reference at my disposal to solve. The first time I was shocked toYes it is; I shouldn't have said "cheating", which would imply a
find that many solvers had made calls to assorted experts, etc., but that is a part of the game.
violation of contest rules. What really concerns me is violation of netiquette. In past Games contests, we have seen things like:
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: sci.math
Subject: dodecahedron
Lines: 1
How many vertices does a dodecahedron have? Thanks.
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
Subject: Jimmy Stewart
Lines: 1
What was the year of Jimmy Stewart's first feature film? Thanks.
From: x...@abc.def.ghi.edu (Xavier Y. Ziggurat)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,alt.science.planetary
Subject: Saturn's moons
Lines: 1
How many moons does Saturn have? Thanks.
I'd like to think that solving a Calculatrivia should require a bit more work than identifying 40 newsgroups to post to, and that was why my first reaction was to call this sort of thing cheating. With messages of the sort illustrated above -- and they truly are representation of some that we've seen -- I think it's reasonable to call them abuse of Usenet, since they conceal the poster's intent to profit monetarily by the answer.
If people are honest about what they're doing, that's different. And if the intent was not to refer to Usenet postings, *that's* different.
May I suggest that further discussion migrate (with sufficient context)
to rec.puzzles?
ObCrossword:
Unwieldy prize using electric power (7)
AWKWARD (AWARD + KW)
--
Mark Brader, m...@sq.com | "Where is down special?" ... "Good."
SoftQuad Inc., Toronto | "Do you refuse to answer my question?" "Don't know."
This article is in the public domain.
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