Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 19:25:53 12/21/98
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On December 21, 1998 at 20:55:23, Oliver Y. wrote: >On December 21, 1998 at 13:55:44, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote: > >>On December 21, 1998 at 10:51:38, Steve Lopez wrote: >> >>>Ummm, Micheal, I read it as some good-natured sarcasm (Larry was doing a riff on >>>KK's post about CM6000 being a "toy"). >>> >>>By the way, the "toy" just launched a furious attack against my Budapest Defense >>>and tore my head off. Good stuff! >> >> >>Thank Goodness! (I'm affraid to use GOD), someone got it! Frankly, I was amazed >>at the amount of downright anger that the post about Chess Master 6000 being a >>toy engendered. As I put in an earier post; CM6000 is a toy, an incredibly good >>TOY. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! In fact, I admit it, I was >>thinking before I posted, can the header of the post alone really be responsible >>for people 'getting all worked up', so I posted this good natured post, which by >>the way has the essestial truth in it, as a little experiment too see. Also >>right after posting it, I was thinking, should I add more of a disclaimer then, >>"Ho, Ho, Ho," Maybe that reference to the movie 'Big' and the scene in the >>corporate board room would have helped? >> >>And, I wanted to know (out of my human curiousty), would this provocative >>header, make my thread last longer? Usaully my threads wind down much more >>quickly. So the answer would appear to be yes. >> >>And, I see nothing wrong with endless post about Chess Master. This is after >>all the computer chess club. People will talk about what they want. I did (and >>other's for sure), have noticed, almost a 'religious fervour' developing between >>a group of poster's who are master's, and feel 'wronged' by KK's inabilitiy to >>admit he was wrong, and KK himself, who (even if he is wrong & won't admit it), >>keeps posting 'answers' to these poster's that will never satify them. Frankly, >>I found this whole thing quite enjoyable & funny in itself, and makes me further >>aware of the fact that I am one of you (The women say I'm going to do my work >>now, have fun at your little chess club...), I get all worked up about certain >>issues, and want to post about them, especially if someone says I'm wrong. But >>the other side of me knows I am very addicted to this, and nobody in the 'REAL >>WORLD' understands most of it, or even gives a damn if you try to explain it to >>them. I think that's why I don't like the, 'REAL WORLD' (as my parents used to >>call it), very much. They just don't get us. >> >>So in the interest of Peace, Love and (supposed), good cheer of the holliday's, >>I hope everybody will just lighten up, and see the humor in all this. >> >> >>mrslug - the inkompetent chess software addict! >> >>P.S. - I'm moving from Seattle to NY on the 29th. I have to ship my compters >>sooner, so I'll likely be out of touch for about a week. If you want to flame >>me during that time, fine. Just understand that I'm not diliberately, NOT >>answering:) > >I posted the truth a couple of days ago, "Toy n., plaything, game, triviality; >KK's plea for improvement (rare); - Oliver Y. 08:52:59 12/19/98 (0) > >So it goes to show you, if you are succinct, humorous, and have no history here. >People see the truth, and as a result, they have nothing to add. > >Either that, or people just don't bother to read my posts...some day, I aspire >to be as funny as you, Mr., or shall I say, "Master Slug." > >:^) Thank you! - I'll try to observe your post more carefully, so I don't repeat something already said, Oliver Y.
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