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Subject: Re: Why is ferret not freeware or shareware now? nothing to protect!?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 15:31:35 07/04/05

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On July 04, 2005 at 16:51:34, I Hart SanQuentin wrote:

>On July 04, 2005 at 16:00:14, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>On July 04, 2005 at 15:57:13, I Hart SanQuentin wrote:
>>
>>>On July 04, 2005 at 13:17:05, Andrew Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>>On July 04, 2005 at 12:59:18, I Hart SanQuentin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Ferret;s own words "I could have been a contenda!"  No more though the chance
>>>>>has been blown, all kinds of amateur programs can eat ferret alive, now it's not
>>>>>sellable it'd not even a name anymore.  Release Ferret don't let it live out
>>>>>it's final days in slavery on Bruce morelands back up harddrive.  Let it roam
>>>>>and have a family get to play with some kids or something.  Free that slave, it
>>>>>has no commercial value it's old and done for.
>>>>
>>>>Just a quick pointer: most people here will think you are an idiot because you
>>>>are posting stuff without using your real name. That's even before you start
>>>>trash-talking chess programs.
>>>>
>>>>Andrew Williams
>>>
>>>The United college fund for chess programs is shocked and refers you to another
>>>foundation.   They say "A mind is a terrible thing to waste",  In your case
>>>though it's just an example that "A mind is a terrible thing".
>>
>>Just a quick pointer: most people here will think you are an idiot because you
>>are posting stuff without using your real name.
>>
>>Andrew
>
>The United college fund for chess programs is shocked and refers you to another
>foundation.   They say "A mind is a terrible thing to waste",  In your case
>though it's just an example that "A mind is a terrible thing".
>
>All the ghost writers in the history of the world must be idiots "  Pulitzer
>prize winner O'Henry, Harriet Beacher Stowe, Nelson Mandella.  Not that a
>rational person can come up with a rational connection between intelligence and
>people knowing there name.  I assume then that you are calling all people who
>would assume such a connection idiots because such a connection is clearly
>irrational.
>

When you signed up to this club you agreed to post under your real name:

http://www.talkchess.com/signup.html

You choose to post idiotic messages using an assumed name, even though you
agreed to use your real name when you signed up. My conclusion is that most
people here will believe that you are an idiot. If you were using your real
name, they might at least give you the benefit of the doubt. Comparing yourself
with ghostwriters doesn't make sense in this context, unless someone is paying
you to write your messages here; I don't think that is very likely.

The reason I have a bee in my bonnet about anonymous posting is that I don't
think that you would post idiotic messages here if you were using your real
name. Either way, ask yourself, "why am I using an assumed name?".

Andrew





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