1998-01-21 - Re: $50 encryption policy contest

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From: Mark Rogaski <wendigo@ne-wendigo.jabberwock.org>
To: sherman@cs.umbc.edu
Message Hash: 832def3569d8f7a7cdc0935460b8ff4f0b8033dbf0328daadb312f829cdd029c
Message ID: <199801202332.SAA15787@deathstar.jabberwock.org>
Reply To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980120003716.18100B-100000@topdog.cs.umbc.edu>
UTC Datetime: 1998-01-21 20:40:55 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 04:40:55 +0800

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From: Mark Rogaski <wendigo@ne-wendigo.jabberwock.org>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 04:40:55 +0800
To: sherman@cs.umbc.edu
Subject: Re: $50 encryption policy contest
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.95.980120003716.18100B-100000@topdog.cs.umbc.edu>
Message-ID: <199801202332.SAA15787@deathstar.jabberwock.org>
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An entity claiming to be Dr. Alan Sherman wrote:
: 
:  3. (**important**) The page of submitted questions must have a means
:     by which anyone can score the quality of the question on a scale
:     of 1 to 5 (say, by clicking on the appropriate score button), with
:     5 being the highest score.  For each question, its median score
:     must be displayed.  Questions must be listed in order of
:     decreasing median scores.  
: 

I'm amused by how this requirement was thrown in.  Never even mentioned
in the overview.

So, what you're looking for is some kid who will work for peanuts writing
some CGI scripts for you.  This comes off as an insult.

Mark

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