Untimed Contest Help Thu Sep 28 17:14:51 EDT 2006 Untimed contests are an alternative to timed programming contests. One common way of scoring untimed contests is feedback scoring, in which contestants may get feedback from an autojudge giving the judge's input or output for failed test cases, and the number and kinds of feedback determine a ranking score for each problem a contestant eventually solves correctly. Because these contests are untimed, they generally have a web page containing the problem descriptions. Contes- tants may be given account names and passwords, or may be allowed to work on their own computers and simply email submissions to the autojudge. Rules for Untimed Contests: ----- --- ------- -------- If you are given a contest account name and a password, you can log into your contest account from anywhere. You must use the secure shell (ssh) to log into the contest computers. You may use an X-Terminal equivalent (X-server) in combination with ssh. If you use an X-Terminal equivalent, you can make new windows easily with xcsh: see `help xterminals'. See `help solving' to see how to solve problems in this account. See `help print' to see how to make a ~/PRINTER file that will route printouts to a email address of your choice. If you are not given a contest account name and pass- word, you will be given an email address to which you can send submissions. Read the `email_solving' help file to see how to solve problems using your own personal account and this email address. You cannot use the standard HPCM commands in your own personal account, of course, UNLESS you import the email UNIX tools described in the email_unix_tools help file. File: untimed_contest Author: Bob Walton Date: See top of file. The authors have placed this file in the public domain; they make no warranty and accept no liability for this file. RCS Info (may not be true date or author): $Author: walton $ $Date: 2006/09/28 21:15:16 $ $RCSfile: untimed_contest,v $ $Revision: 1.4 $