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Subject: The Baboon Rock

Author: Ritter Rost

Date: 14:43:55 04/23/01

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On April 22, 2001 at 23:40:02, Stephen A. Boak wrote:

>>On April 22, 2001 at 19:13:54, Duncan Stanley wrote:
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><snip>
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>>The people here give themselves an importance that isn't warranted.
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>To publish the above line is to fall prey to it.
>You demean yourself with your pronouncements--why so unhappy?

No, he is absolutely right. Of course its true for every male discussion group
with pecking orders and status questions. But here its somewhat extreme, maybe
because chess programmers are not working in professional development teams and
lack polishing by human interactions and the interdependencies of a normal
company.

A colleague of mine calls CCC the "baboon rock" and AFAIK its mechanisms are a
source of constant entertainment for some who know to take it with a grain of
salt.

What I like about CCC is that status of a member seems determined by the content
provided. Christophe Théron has a very high status and he deserves it because he
is not afraid to write about his thoughts and his work. Same goes for Bruce
Moreland and Robert Hyatt.



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