Author: KarinsDad
Date: 12:34:04 06/05/99
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On June 05, 1999 at 13:02:13, Christophe Theron wrote: > >Just a question to you, KarinsDad. > >I have concerns with people posting here with fake names, or nicknames, which is >your case. > >I like to know to whom I am talking to. When I talk to you I don't know. Maybe I >know you personnaly, but I can't be sure, and I am not comfortable with this. > >Also, name faking has been used by some people to put trouble in CCC some time >ago. > >On the other hand, from the posts I have read from you, it looks like you could >be a good moderator. > >When the election will be over, you'll have to provide some proof of identity to >Steve. I would like Steve to make informations about the moderator's real >identity public. > >Maybe you already told us your name, I don't know. I can't follow every >discussion here. > >Anyway, would you have a problem with making your identity public? > > > Christophe A valid concern for you. Steve has already stated that his verification of identity would not go beyond him, so do not expect him to change that stance. However, I have to tell you that I do not know who Christophe Theron is. That name means no more to me than KarinsDad does to you. The reason I originally went with KarinsDad is that it is my FICS handle, so people who play me there could associate with my name here. I made the handle up due to my pride in my daughter (a pride I enjoy sharing with others). I have also come to realize that my name is nobody else's business, at least for the moment. If you think that I am a reasonable person based on my posts for the last 6 months, then you may vote for me. If not using my real name bothers you enough, you will not vote for me. I will not give out my real name just in order to help moderate a forum where a few of the people attack moderators when they feel like it anyway. However, I will tell you that I am working on two computer chess projects at the moment. One is to compress any random legal position into 20 bytes. Although nobody in their right mind would use such a thing, I was attempting to do this just because nobody else has (like Mount Everest, because it is there). If I am successful, I will probably send a copy of it to ICCA and post a copy in the articles section here on CCC. If this happens, I will use my real name, hence, people will find out who I am. I am also writing a chess program with a friend at the moment. If we can get it to work at some reasonable level, we will have it compete on ICC. If this happens, I will let people know who I am as well. So, I am not really paranoid about people finding out who I am. Several people here know who I am. The point is that I do not feel that it is necessary for people to know my real identity in order to make a rational decision on voting for me. If they decide they need to know, then their rational decision is that I should not be voted in. If they decide they do not need to know, then their rational decision will be based on what they know of me. Quite frankly, out of all of the people here, I only knew one person (i.e. someone I have had a conversation with in the past) before joining this forum. This person is not a friend, just an acquaintance. The rest of the people on the forum are complete strangers to me, just like I am to you. KarinsDad :)
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