There's a third questions I thought of. It could be very telltale,
actually. The question is "How do you feel about others doing the same
thing?"
Zack W9SZ
On Sat, 7 Jun 2008, Randy Thompson wrote:
> Things are much easier to control when everyone is playing in the same room
> or location. The chess article Geo provided is interesting because it deals
> with a very similar scenario to what we are seeing in radio contesting. If
> people can't be seen, how do we know if they are playing honestly or not?
> We can only draw conclusions around what we believe or suspect.
>
> In my contesting ethics talk at Contest University, I suggested two points
> to keep in mind when considering pushing the envelope. Would you be ok with
> what you are doing if it was made public? Are you willing to live with the
> long term impact on your reputation if there is even an appearance of
> misconduct?
>
> k5zd
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>> Jimk8mr@aol.com
>> Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 1:45 PM
>> To: geoiii@kkn.net; cq-contest@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Playing Chess
>>
>>
>> Although I'm not aware of any confirmed cheating episodes,
>> the American Contract Bridge League recently decided to
>> prohibit the possession (not just the
>> use) of cell phones and other personal communications devices
>> by both players and non-playing kibitzers in or near playing
>> areas in the top ranked national tournament events.
>>
>> The temptation to text message information on hands was
>> apparently viewed as enough of a threat to move them to take
>> this action.
>>
>> No secret packet or skimmer info for these players.
>>
>>
>> 73 - Jim K8MR
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 6/7/2008 9:34:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight
>> Time, geoiii@kkn.net writes:
>>
>> http://www.playchess.de/articles/1
>>
>>
>>
>>
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