Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: New Bell Award Message-ID: <3300069@m.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 8 Aug 89 05:14:00 GMT References: <107900005@iuvax> Lines: 5 Nf-ID: #R:iuvax:107900005:m.cs.uiuc.edu:3300069:000:207 Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Aug 8 00:14:00 1989 I read about the new Gordon Bell award in SIAM news. The rules are awfully vague and complicated, especially concerning "Cost Effectiveness", and seem to have several loopholes. The idea seems half-baked.