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

Author: Madhavan

Date: 02:48:56 07/05/05

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On July 05, 2005 at 05:42:09, Andrew Williams wrote:

>On July 04, 2005 at 23:39:56, I Hart SanQuentin wrote:
>
>>On July 04, 2005 at 18:31:35, Andrew Williams wrote:
>>
>>>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
>>
>>
>>"A bee in your bonnet"?  A man with a bonnet, guess that says it all right
>>there.  The ghost writer comparison is perfectly fine, and in fact even more so
>>here as i have a  pseudonym to let you know who i really am!  A name doesn't
>>have any meaning here.  Andrew Williams - there are ten million Andrew Williams
>>which one are you?  I could put the name john Smith, Henry Wong, Bill Wilson.
>>Doesn't matter there are a million people with my name.  Having my name here
>>isn't going to reveal my identity.  You are so keen on giving identity though,
>
>The important thing is that YOU will know that it's your real name, so if you
>were to act idiotically, YOU know that everyone else will think that YOU are an
>idiot.

excuse me,

could you tone down your message a bit.Why do you care to respond in an
offensive manner?is'nt it better not to respond than to provoke a poster
doesnt it display kind of person you are?slightly offensive I mean?by no means I
intend to speak against you,just asking you.

Thanks


>Andrew



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