Yes, I think so. The scoreboard system could also aggregate data from the
packet cluster as well. We would just need to come up with the algorithm
to identify the possible misuse of spots.
Any ideas?
73's
Guy, N7ZG
>From: "N7MAL" <N7MAL@CITLINK.NET>
>To: "Guy Molinari" <guy_molinari@hotmail.com>,<cq-contest@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Competing in the Daylight
>Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 22:59:28 -0000
>
>Can or could you add the technology of simultaneously displaying the
>Packet-Cluster spots so it would be easy to determine who was claiming
>single op but obviously stealing spots..??.. It is easy to see that
>Packet-Cluster cheating is rampant and is a real threat to honest
>contesting.
>
>
>MAL N7MAL
>BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
>http://www.ctaz.com/~suzyq/N7mal.htm
>http://geocities.com/n7mal/
>Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
>It's already tomorrow in Australia
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Guy Molinari
> To: cq-contest@contesting.com
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 21:38
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] Competing in the Daylight
>
>
> This was exactly my point in the earlier posting. I am a software
>engineer
> by profession and I am
> responsible for providing the "push" infrastructure behind the the
>ESPN.com
> web sites. While I
> cannot disclose the actual capabilities of this system, I can assure you
> that supporting the
> concurrent connections of all contesters and interested specators is
>easily
> doable.
>
> I'm not talking about a static web page that must be periodically
>refreshed.
>
> Opening up the UBN's/logs would be a step in the right direction IMHO,
>but
> it would not stop the
> post contest 'massaging' of log data.
>
> I agree that knowing where your competitors stand would also have some
> positive motivational side
> effects.
>
> Now that I think of it, there are some parallels here with auto racing.
> The 'car' being the station
> of course.
>
> 73's
> Guy, N7ZG
>
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >>This thread seems to be focusing on "releasing" logs
> after the event, for later scrutiny. Why stop there?
> Why not "compete in the daylight" in the first place?
> Why not know your position against other competitors
> while the contest is still going on?<<
>
> Let's do the first step (publish logs), we been trying to get this for
>few
> years. Walk before you run!!!
>
> Compete in the daylight? What would that do?
> Like, when we compete, we take it easy, and then when we think someone
>is
> beating us, "we step on the gas"?
> So we will be watching how we do instead of running the contest?
>
> Not here, thank you! I want to prepare for contest (never enough time),
> enjoy
> operating (seriously, or just hand out contacts), submit the log and
>(sooner
> or later) find out how I did.
>
> 73 Yuri, K3BU.us
>
>
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