Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!speedy!derek From: derek@speedy.WISC.EDU (Derek Zahn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Killer Demo Contest Message-ID: <3869@spool.WISC.EDU> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 10:03:50 EDT Article-I.D.: spool.3869 Posted: Mon Jul 13 10:03:50 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 02:56:21 EDT Sender: news@spool.WISC.EDU Distribution: comp Lines: 25 Interesting point, Leo, about the group vs. individual problem in the Demo contest. Personally, I would not put too much emphasis on it, though. I would suggest leaving the categories as is, except adding "best individual effort" -- if "best" and "best individual" turn out to be the same, well, that's ok.... Speaking of this demo thing, I am working on an entry and have a question: when does the "one minute" start? If, for example, I had a program that had 200K of data or more (like the Juggler) and the minute was counted from the time the command was entered, 20 seconds or more of that minute could be most unimpressive (loading data) -- I would think that the minute should be counted from a clear starting point provided by (or inferred from) the program, provided that the startup time is "reasonable" (subjective). Whatever the rule is, I would like to know, as I would hate to not include the data loading time into my demo when writing it, only to have it disqualified because of that; and one minute is not a lot of time to show off the Amiga! derek Derek Zahn @ Wisconsin USENET: ...!{allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax}!uwvax!derek BITNET: derek at wiscvm ARPA INTERNET: derek@cs.wisc.edu "Someone's always sitting in the only place to hide."