A copy of this message is being left in each thread of the essay contest forum.
Submitters: Tired of constantly checking the FQXI site to see how your paper's doing in the rankings? I've written a simple program that periodically checks the FQXI site and sends you an email if the status of your paper has changed in any way. Here is a sample email:
The following changes were detected in the status of your paper:
* Number of posts in discussion forum went from 0 to 20.
* Community rating went from 0 to 3.4.
* Community vote count went from 0 to 10.
* Public rating went from 0 to 4.3.
* Public vote count went from 0 to 6.
* Community ranking went from being in 0th place to being tied for 16th out of 112.
* Public ranking went from being in 0th place to being tied for 19th out of 112.
You just run the program once, in a command prompt window, and then minimize that window and let it do its thing in the background.
If you're interested in a copy (with source for those who care) drop me a note at ramblinplan@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Owen Cunningham
P.S. This program requires Windows and the .NET Framework. It has been tested only on Windows XP Service Pack 3 running .NET Framework 3.5, but has a good chance of working with earlier versions.