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Problem I in Hasty contest 11403
Post Posted Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:12 am by tobby
So the mistakes in the input and output files cost me 20+ submissions, and made me spent more than 90 minutes to debug my bug-less program. And I know I'm not alone. Big deal. And you are not even giving us extra contest time for that. I could solve at least one more problem if I have my wasted hour back. Then I could solve 7 tasks.
Thank you very much for such a great mistake.

Also I greatly appreciate the contestants who spotted the mistakes.
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Problem I in Hasty contest 11403
Post Posted Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:17 am by Hadi
Although the problem-setters could do better, but I believe they have spent much time to prepare this problem-set. so It might be not correct to be such 'harsh' to them.
And this was just a practice contest, and it wasn't their duty to prepare the contest for us, but they were so kind that they created the problem-set, so we can learn new things.
And I should mention that such things might happen in other contests as serious as ICPC World Finals. I think one problem had invalid judge data last year. So, you might try to learn how to behave in such situations instead of just becoming angry.
And I think these problem-setters had many nice and bug-less problems before, but I don't think many people thanked them. But you are too harsh when you find a something disappointing just in one of their contests.
and the last point: Getting the problem-set right is a difficult task, and needs much help, you might like to propose for help next time

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Problem I in Hasty contest 11403
Post Posted Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:34 am by tobby
I think my comments are fair enough. There were some good questions, but those mistakes overshadowed them all. Both the input and output files are flawed, not just "a something". In other words, that whole problem was completely wrong.
I use no strong words in my comments, and I think I behaved well enough. I just cannot see how I can appreciate a wrong problem. I cannot say anything about ICPC World Finals. I use this site just for fun.
But I think I shall keep quiet next time. Sorry if my comments make you feel bad.
By the way, I really like problem E, although again the input file is wrong.
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Problem I in Hasty contest 11403
Post Posted Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:46 am by Hadi
I wasn't one of the problem-setters, and I don't have any relations with them.
Don't keep quiet next time, but there are always better ways to express things.
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Problem I in Hasty contest 11403
Post Posted Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:59 am by Hadi
BTW, There are online contests tomorrow (at
http://acm.zju.edu.cn/ ) and the day after tomorrow (at
http://acm.pku.edu.cn/JudgeOnline ). You might try doing them. The problem-sets of their previous contests were really EXCELLENT, so I expect some great problems
