OT: New WriteLog enhanced TCP/IP Internet CQ WWW contest (was: [WriteLog] Open Letter to Wayne - Networking)

[Bob McCormick W1QA]

> There will have to be a public interface to Writelog 
> because of the many who do packet cheating.

I can't resist (though very much off topic) ...

Maybe what we need is the new worm enhanced version
of WriteLog for the new CQ WWW (World Wide Worm) contest.

For a 48-hour period participants fire up the new
WriteLog V11W (TCP/IP worm enhanced) contest logger 
with Internet discovery module.  This module,
like any good worm, will scan the Internet looking
for other peer WriteLog systems to communicate with.

The object is to see how many other Internet connected
WriteLog systems you can contact.  You may abuse the
Internet for a total of 36-hours in the 48-hour period.
Off times must be a minimum of 30 minutes.

All operation must be attended and to verify as such,
WriteLog will periodically present the operator with
a random pop-up that must be responded to in order to
continue with the contest.

Contesters may want to consider downloading the CW 
WriteLog plug-in from ZL2GCQ's web site or the SSB 
synthesis plug-in that PA3GCQ has written.  Both 
provide a real-time audio versions of the contest
exchange complete with simulated interference that
used to be prevalent with HF contesting.

QSO multipliers are as follows: 

4 points for stations connected less than 64 kbps, 
2 points for stations on connections using 64 to 768 kpbs, and
1 point for stations with connections above 768 kpbs.

The WriteLog software will automatically profile each
contestant's Internet connection and determine the 
multiplier, which will be exchanged in the SSL encrypted
digital QSO along with the licensee's callsign and QTH information.

Stations may be worked only once per IP address.
Stations with dynamic addresses are considered rovers
and can be worked once per each unique IP address
they obtain.

As this contest is totally automated the use of 
Internet based spotting networks is disallowed.
Log submissions from IP addresses found connecting
to spotting networks will be disqualified.

Scoring is simple and completely automated.
Upon completion of the contest WriteLog will
upload (using a proprietary compressed GZIP TAR
archive database format) the logs to the central
scoring server for processing.  Logs must be
received by the scoring server within 60 minutes
of your last QSO or the end of the contest,
whichever is earlier.  (Logs received after that
will be considered check logs.)

Your score is the total number of QSO's times
the sum of multiplier points.

Results will be posted to the CQ WWW contest site
post processing, which is expected to be within a
few hours of the end of the contest.  Thanks to
DELL and Microsoft for providing the four 8-way 
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise cluster which will 
be used to generate speedy results.

Awards will be issued for the top three submissions
in each class for each country.  Winners will receive
their awards in the form of a colour PDF file suitable
for printing and framing.  Awards will be emailed to 
email address on file automatically by the scoring 
server.

Since no jury or judges are involved the decision of 
the WriteLog and scoring software is final.  The CQ WWW 
contest committee or software authors are not liable 
or responsible for omissions, lost data, Internet
connectivity issues or perceived software inadequacies.

For this year there will be on important addition!
In honour of the demise of the HF RF spectrum by BPL,
a limited number of contesters will be operating from
BPS based connections as moles.  Contact with these 
stations will result in the removal of that contact
plus three additional contacts as penalties.
Avoiding BPL based systems, through the use of 
router ACL's, etc. is strongly encouraged.

Have fun - and see you in the contest!

Bob W1QA @ 127.0.0.2
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