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Re: Jeopardy! You can be there.

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From: Matthew Steven Fisher
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 00:00
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In git.general FuZ-BaL <myke@angband.org> wrote:
: In git.general Matt Magnasco <info@eye.h8.spam.fiendation.com> muttered:

: I think its cause we flipped integer and had a negative score...
: UVA satyed within the integer range...

Nope.  You couldn't wrap around the school's point total, only your
individual total.  We both sat at MAX_INTEGER when the tournament ended 
and VT was not far behind in third.  The reason we lost was completely
arbitrary.

-- 
Matthew Fisher
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Subject: Re: Jeopardy! You can be there.
Date: 2000/03/16
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