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The $5000 Compression Challenge (2001)

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181 points ekiauhce | 1 comments | 23 Nov 24 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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stavros ◴[24 Nov 24 00:38 UTC] No.42225075[source]▶
Sorry, if you're trying to hustle people by xstging $100 per try, don't catch the sleight of hand in the "multiple files" question, and accept, you were beaten at your own game, fair and square.
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l33t7332273 ◴[24 Nov 24 02:10 UTC] No.42225444[source]▶
I feel like if the FAQ requires not using filename shenanigans then the slight of hand was illegal the whole way.
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1. spott ◴[26 Nov 24 21:02 UTC] No.42250036[source]▶
The FAQ was not part of the challenge statement. It was part of the newsgroup I believe.