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

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 09:09:19 07/05/05

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On July 04, 2005 at 19:11:44, Uri Blass 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
>
>I expect real idiot to post idiotic messages under his real name.
>If the poster decided not to use his real name because he posts idiotic messgaes
>then it means that he knows that his messgaes are idiotic and
>I expect an idiot not to know it.

However, it's not an if and only if relation.

It is also possible for a true idiot to use an assumed name.



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