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Subject: Re: define Clones - MY definition / Ethical Background

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 10:42:11 01/30/04

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On January 30, 2004 at 02:37:44, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On January 29, 2004 at 09:32:25, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>The ICGA offered to fly one of their members to the guys house to look at his
>>source on his computer!  This would have taken 1 hour of his time at most. This
>>is what makes me think List is a clone.  Fritz Reul had a _trivial_ way to clear
>>himself of all suspicion.  Yet he didn't take it.  The only possible
>>explanations are that List is a clone, or that he just didn't care if the entire
>>world thought he copied crafty, or both.
>
>I think you're assuming that because you wouldn't have had a problem with it,
>that he shouldn't either, but everyone is different.
>
>If the ICGA came calling my brother for a meeting the night before one of his
>high school football games, my dad would tell them that it would have to wait
>until after the game. Priorities are different for each person and family.
>
>I don't know about you, but I've certainly had some classes that consumed just
>about every spare second I had. Some weeks 1 hour would be the difference
>between making an A on my homework or an F.
>
>Maybe school is more important to him than computer chess. Maybe he didn't want
>to bother with this kind of distraction before an exam. I got the impression
>that he lives with his parents. Maybe his parents said no to the code inspection
>visit. Maybe his parents see school as a very serious priority, while this silly
>computer chess hobby of their son's is on the same level as playing Playstation
>2. Who knows? I don't think any of this implies guilt.
>
>I also don't see what's wrong with him not caring what other people think. Maybe
>he's not insecure about the situation. Maybe he's sitting back having a good
>laugh at all of our speculation :)

I think that when you have put hundreds of hours into a program, you begin to
get attached to it.  Is your scenario possible? yes. Probable? no.

anthony



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