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Subject: Re: which 6 man tablebases are the most important?

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 11:43:31 04/07/04

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On April 07, 2004 at 12:57:44, Sune Fischer wrote:

>On April 07, 2004 at 12:38:29, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>
>>On April 07, 2004 at 11:43:09, Sune Fischer wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>Read that two or three times until it sinks in.
>>>
>>>Don't be rude man, you aren't getting my point either.
>>>
>>>-S.
>>
>>I think this has a lot more to do with your frustration at being told that you
>>are wrong by 50 people than my rudeness.
>
>I think you are the only who is frustrated here.

"No, _you_ have cooties" is a kindergarden level argument.  I thought better of
you.

>>Let me recap:
>>
>>Your (wrong) point:
>>
>>People should spend time to learn how to operate computers & their programs.
>
>I stand by my point, but it's taken a bit out of context so let me add
>"if they expect to have any serious use of it".
>
>>My point:
>>
>>People have better things to do.  Using a computer is the *means* not the *end*.
>
>Right, but I still have to take lessons to drive a car, even though the car is
>just a means to get from A to B.
>I do not expect by default to be able to operate such a machine.
>
>Don't get me wrong though, I fully support the idea that software should be as
>easy to use as possible.
>In fact this is why I often advocate Arena over Winboard, I know it will be
>easier for newbies to relate to.
>
>-S.
>>anthony

I give up.  Its obvious that you are determined to not understand the way 99% of
people view their computers.

anthony



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