Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: Now it's clear that Ritter Rost's post is not a fake

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 23:35:10 04/09/00

Go up one level in this thread


On April 09, 2000 at 22:37:31, Pete Galati wrote:

>On April 09, 2000 at 20:10:11, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 09, 2000 at 16:22:30, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>>
>>>On April 09, 2000 at 15:52:39, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 08, 2000 at 20:09:38, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On April 08, 2000 at 19:49:37, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Ritter Rost" happens to be two German words meaning "Knight Rust." I don't know
>>>>>>the significance of this, but I doubt it's a "real" name.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I've sent him e-mail asking him to confirm the legality of his posts, and I've
>>>>>>posted below asking him to back up his (?) accusations with some evidence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Right now, I will give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that the posts
>>>>>>are legal and that he can present such evidence.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If the posts are actually illegal, I will delete the threads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>If the accusations aren't validated, I will ask that people stop posting to the
>>>>>>threads.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>>I have no idea who this person are, but I'm very familiar with the e-mail, and I
>>>>>don't liked it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Bertil
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I don't understand: are you saying that the SSDF really received this email from
>>>>Ossi Weiner?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    Christophe
>>>Hi!
>>>
>>>Yes I and Thoralf received it and we don't liked it.
>>>I guarantee that I or Thoralf Carlsson haven't published it.
>>>
>>>Bertil
>>
>>
>>OK, so the hypothesis that Ritter Rost's quote of Ossi Weiner is a fake is now
>>discarded.
>>
>>The email from Ossi is REAL.
>>
>>
>>    Christophe
>
>But why is it circulating?  If Ritter Rost is not one of the people on the "CC
>to" list (is he?) then why is it circulating, and why would it belong here at
>CCC?  I didn't see any good explanation for why it was posted here.
>
>Pete

The email in question was send to 20-30 people (including me) using CC.
The thing is real. I assume the email was forwarded multiple times finally
ending up here. I believe the group email was posted 3-4 weeks ago but I
can't check the exact date because I immediately put the thing in my trash
mailbox.

Ed



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.