On 6/12/00 2:07 PM, w4nti@mindspring.com at w4nti@mindspring.com wrote:
>I may be mistaken here but.....all these comments of cheating and how to
>cheat are really turning me off. I enjoy contesting for the pure thrill of
>it...thats it. Am I missing something here or has it turned into another
>example of coruption in our society?
Dan,
My point wasn't to encourage people to cheat, but to show that
contesting, by its nature, relies on a certain level of honor amoung the
participants.
To the degree that log checkers can uncover cheating, I think they should
disqualify those participants.
My whole objection in this area was the suggestion that a certain
percentage of unique calls in a log submission connotes cheating. I
disagree. It is quite possible that a log with a large percentage of
unique calls is perfectly legitimate. Therefore, it would be
unconscionable to disqualify someone solely on the basis of lots of
uniques.
I think disqualification should not be done by a computer. It should only
come by careful consideration by a human judge.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
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