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Subject: Re: Women & the CCC

Author: Micheal Cummings

Date: 04:55:44 12/11/98

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On December 11, 1998 at 06:07:42, Oliver Y. wrote:

>On December 11, 1998 at 04:48:05, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>
>>
>>On December 11, 1998 at 02:18:41, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>On December 10, 1998 at 08:21:11, Micheal Cummings wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>On December 10, 1998 at 08:03:27, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 10, 1998 at 07:50:29, Soren Riis wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>If you want women to like chess computers you will probably have to build it
>>>>>>so it cries and wet its panties if the opponent (!) plays a weak move.
>>>>>>This is probable still to simplistic so you will have to build in a random
>>>>>>generator which generates the computers "emotions". Sometimes it does not
>>>>>>want to play, sometimes it want to win, sometime get angry if it wins,
>>>>>>and most of the time it just want to play scrapple. In short make
>>>>>>the programme behave more like a woman ;-)
>>>>>>Soren Riis
>>>>>
>>>>>This will probably work but the plaing strength will suffer. :-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>CM6000 is perfect for women, for an angry woman personality you just put the
>>>>attacking setting up full. For depressed, just put the defense up full and make
>>>>CM accept draws more often, like it does not care if it wins or loses.
>>>>
>>>>And Most importantly if it is that time of the month, full scale on the
>>>>randomness of play setting will make it unpredictable and like a woman.
>>>>
>>>>There are an endless possibilities to create a personality with CM6000 for a
>>>>woman to get along with and share their girl secrets with :-)
>>>>
>>>>This is great, when my fiance goes away and I cannot play with her. I will just
>>>>create her mood and her playing strength with Chessmaster.
>>>>
>>>>Is there anything this program cannot do :-)   (yes I know there is so shut up)
>>>
>>>If you were a woman, and you read the post above, would you be offended?
>>>
>>>Did you ask this question to yourself before you posted?
>>>
>>>My comments could be applied to a number in this thread, I'm not intending to
>>>pick on any one person.
>>>
>>>Dave Gomboc
>>
>>It is fun, I could make the same personalities for a variety of men as well.
>
>Counterfactual.  You did not in fact do the same for men.  Moreover, doing so
>would absolve nothing.  See below.
>
>>Well I let my Lady read it, and she laughed, then wacked me on the back of my
>>head and called me a prick.
>
>Both of the above sentences contain the naturalistic fallacy.
>
>>But she did it with good humour, I hope you are not one of these people who
>>stand up for womens ethics.
>Inappropriate use of anecdotal evidence.
>
>>They want to be treated on the same level as a man
>>then they have to roll with the harmless jibes.
>
>Any social psychologist, of any political persuasion, would tell you such jokes
>in fact are very harmful.  Don't trust me.  Ask them.
>
>>I would not get offended if a woman was to post on here and say something about
>>us dumb males.
>Incorrect assumption of existing equality and/or equity within society.
>
>>I posted it because my lady found it funny, not offensive and if
>>she did find it offensive I would not have posted it.
>
>Good to know that your woman's opinion is congruent with the population at large
>that Dave is concerned with.
>
>>:-) Go with the flow of life man.
>Again, you've committed the naturalistic fallacy.
>
>Factual conclusion:  some men can be consistently illogical, therefore, they
>must engage chess programs in order to resolve this defect.
>
>Show this post to your wife.  Tell us what she calls you after she hits you on
>the head again...


:-) Good to know at least someone on here understand the female population. I
gave up trying to understand them long ago.

I did show her this post and she actually thought you were more funny than me.
Her comments were "Thats all we need another #$%&@ defending us little old
helpless ladies from the mean ol men of this world."

I have to agree, you are funny, whether right or wrong, funny. :-)



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