Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 20:27:40 04/25/00
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On April 25, 2000 at 23:06:56, Peter Kappler wrote: >On April 25, 2000 at 22:28:04, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On April 25, 2000 at 21:40:32, Jerry wrote: >> >>>Sorry James, check his FI notes and see for yourself. I do notice his last 20 >>>games are against Goldmund(GM) elo 2553. 16 wins but with a quad xeon and elo of >>>3300+ that is nothing special. >>>He SHOULD BE able to play extremely good against both humans and computers! >> >> >>Finger notes mean nothing here. > > >Bob, why not just update Scrappy's finger notes so this issue won't keep coming >up? Many ICC users don't know about the 'vars' command. I don't think you will ever make everyone happy. Even if the notes were accurate, the bob-haters would demand to know why only humans are on the list. Should a person's life revolve around trying to placate a mob that cannot be satisfied anyway? Dr. Hyatt is gruff and forceful, and collects both admirers and detractors and that won't change much, if I am guessing right. These tedious tirades are one of the things most annoying about moderation. That's because they are right on the edge. The comments made -- are they over the line? Are they just self defense reactions? You poke Bob, he pokes back. You step on his toe, he steps on yours. People will use that as a tool to pull him into pointless discussions (though there are also fruitful discussions where this takes place). I have noticed (over the years) that as soon as you become fully civil, Bob will become fully civil. It's actually a pretty interesting trait. One moment he is berating some net pest for whatever and the next he is patiently explaining how to set up the crafty.rc file to the same insipid moron. At any rate, my two cents is that Dr. Hyatt is going to be himself, and he is not going to program the way that others want him to or change his procedures to those that others desire unless he sees a clear benefit for himself. Seems to me that such is within the sensible guidelines of allowable choice. Yet sometimes I wonder if he did (for instance) work a few weeks on optimizing crafty for 'ponderless' operation if it would not actually save time from having to constantly wrangle about it with those who crave it.
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