tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952876501331659855.post8915848595540836463..comments2024-03-07T13:31:48.446+02:00Comments on Marco's Blog: ICFP Programming ContestAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09634973425351931784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952876501331659855.post-57780182323718058772008-11-17T10:31:00.000+02:002008-11-17T10:31:00.000+02:00I'm sorry, but I disagree. It is the freedom of th...I'm sorry, but I disagree. It is the freedom of the rules that make this an interesting contest. Have a separate scoreboard for teams of three or fewer, or something like that. But don't place restrictions on a contest that previously had none.<BR/><BR/>And no, it doesn't scale linearly. The cost of collaboration is non-zero.<BR/><BR/>"By the way, a ten-man-team divides nicely into two five-man-teams :)"<BR/><BR/>There are other contests we can compete in teams of 5. Those might be special in other ways, the ICFP was special in not limiting us in these ways.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634973425351931784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3952876501331659855.post-41358720593060413642008-11-16T21:51:00.000+02:002008-11-16T21:51:00.000+02:00"In closing I'd like to say that I very much disag..."In closing I'd like to say that I very much disagree with the rule limiting teams to five people."<BR/><BR/>I participated as a one-man-team, and I do <B>not</B> want to compete against a ten-man-team, because I think that would be really unfair.<BR/><BR/>Think about it: if you have ten people, you can try ten times as much as I can. Your team would have ten times as much brainpower as my team has.<BR/><BR/>By the way, a ten-man-team divides nicely into two five-man-teams :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com