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From:
Dave Hoover
Date:
March 12, 2002 20:36
Subject:
RE: PGAS Web Service
Message ID:
NFBBLBJAALMELNDMDOFCKEGGCFAA.dave@redsquirreldesign.com
Yanick wrote:
>	Ooooh... Cool, I daresay, verrrry cool.

I just want to see you (and others) do verrrry cool things with the data.
:-)

> 	Well, obviously, being able to get the score of the golfer would
> be kind of fun. :)

OK.

> 	And on a semi-related topic, so far the web interface uses
> a golfer's email addie as way to confirm his/her identity. But
> since a lot of us are on fwp and see each other addie, isn't
> that a risk? I mean, if Andrew hadn't been dozens of strokes
> ahead of me, I would have lived in mortal fear of seeing
> him enter a solution weighting several megs under my name. ;)

No, there's no risk at all.  PGAS only uses your *best* solution for the
leaderboard.  The only way for someone to mess with your official score is
by helping you.

--Dave


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