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Subject: Re: [MODERATION] Pet peeve

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 02:48:57 01/18/02

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On January 16, 2002 at 20:59:09, jefkaan wrote:

>On January 16, 2002 at 17:24:34, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>That may have been an overbroad statement, but Tony Werten
>>>confirmed elsewhere in the thread that Jef had said in the past
>>>that programming a chess engine is too difficult for him.
>>>

I hate it when people quote like this.

I didn't say the above.  My stuff got snipped out, and the writer's name got
snipped out, leaving nothing but someone else's stuff and my name.

Please don't do this.  I have enough trouble dealing with the consquences of
what I write, without having to deal with the consequences of what others write.

bruce

>yep that was in the past; with all existing Winboard engines
>i didnt see any need to make an engine myself; however
>since about half a year ago i started to make something simple,
>after having looked at programs like TSCP, MSCP, etc. (no need
>to 're-invent the weel' concerning board representations etc.).
>Like i said, its made just for fun; my interests remain in
>the field of chess openings, and not in engines. But having
>been motivated recently by Bas Hamstra and sherifk i decided
>to join the tourn; ofcourse  Volker checked that this simple
>program isnt a clone and i have sent him again a recent
>executable as well as the sourcecode; if i would use a clone
>(eg Goliath or so), i would say so.
>Vincent's accusation is simply discrediting my integrity
>and such an attack indeed seems to be personal and way out
>of line with any civilized norms concerning some sort of
>basic respect for other persons. As far as i'm concerned i
>think it would be fair to ban Vincent from CCC and ICC just
>to protect other people who like me can become a victim
>of his psychopathic attitude,
>best regards,
>jefk



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