Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 12:25:09 03/26/99
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On March 26, 1999 at 13:05:47, Todd Durham wrote: >On March 26, 1999 at 11:33:52, Gene Ward Smith wrote: > >>On March 25, 1999 at 20:06:33, Todd Durham wrote: >> >>>First, it would seem to me (and I confess I have only been involved in this for >>>roughly a month) that the worst damage is to people who aren't yet involved in >>>computer chess but who might gain an interest (as I did recently). >> >>I post from time to time on rec.games.chess.analysis, but posted by first >>article to rec.games.chess.computer just a few days back. It generated >>interesting and informed replies from, among others, Bob Hyatt. It was >>a little bit unsettling to have this event happen so precipitously after. >>While I am a mathematician rather than a computer person, I had been thinking >>of looking at the code, but now that seems attended with difficulties. While >>the peculiar atmosphere of rec.games.chess.computer probably served to >>discourage some people in taking an interest in this subject, I suspect >>retreating to a zone of privacy will discourage involvment by novices even >>more. All in all, an unfortunate situation. > >This is my point. I think (and again, it's not an original idea) the creation of >a moderated usenet group would help tremendously. But I'm getting litle response >here even regarding interest in such a possibility. I am happy here in CCC. I do not see the need of a moderated newsgroup. It seems that most CCC members feel the same, and that explains why you get little response here. >I really would like to see a >discussion take place on the matter, with an eye towards doing something. >Unfortunately, it seems many here just aren't very interested and I, for my >interest, am rather new to the usenet scene, so I don't know what I can do. And >thus my original post. > >Incidentally, I saw either here or at rgcc someone post that Hyatt should >consider being a moderator. I can't disagree strongly enough! Hyatt has a career >AND does a tremendous amount of work on Crafty, not to mention all of the >assistance he gives to others. We don't need him taking on baby-sitter duties as >well. > >(Pardon the spelling, please. My 't' key is giving me trouble. This weekend: a >new keyboard!) > >Todd
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