Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 13:12:07 01/14/00
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On January 14, 2000 at 14:22:08, george petty wrote: >On January 14, 2000 at 13:18:37, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: > >>On January 14, 2000 at 12:17:49, Pete R. wrote: >> >>>On January 14, 2000 at 03:21:14, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>>Posted by Robert Hyatt on January 13, 2000 at 23:31:57: >>>> >>>>[ snips ] >>>> >>>>>There are some things above that are very suspicious. At the top of the >>>>>response, he directly quoted Hsu. But after the beginning, no more quotes >>>>>to support his less than savory description of Hsu's actions. I find this >>>>>troubling. If he would quote him at the beginning, then couldn't he quote >>>>>some of his "belligerent" comments as well? >>>> >>>>Maybe Mr. Williams has manners? >>> >>>Maybe so, maybe not. I don't know either party, but frankly I find his letter >>>insulting and in poor taste. Not only that but it's defamatory, while Hsu's >>>letter is not. I don't know Hsu from Adam, but Mr. Williams' letter clearly >>>paints his character in a bad light and tries to sway the reader that he is some >>>sort of jerk. His only defense against a lawsuit Hsu could bring for this would >>>be the truth, i.e. he has to support his statement that Hsu's emails were >>>belligerent and threatening, and support his interpretation that he was going to >>>make comments on Kasparov's behalf, and so forth. The reader can't decide >>>unless the emails are published. And I agree with Dr. Hyatt that it's >>>suspicious already that Mr. Williams does not already support this with >>>quotations. If I were Hsu, and *if* Hsu is innocent of the behavior painted by >>>Mr. Williams, the next phone call Mr. Williams would get would be from my >>>lawyer. You are free to have an opinion as to the relative character of Mr. Hsu >>>vs. Mr. Williams, but it would be wiser to refrain from public comment, though >>>that choice is yours. Personally I would like to see the email exchange myself >>>rather than rely on other people's opinions. >> >>Instead of a big scientific discussion, what about a short >>buiseness discussion? >> >>Sure, personally i would LOVE such a match happening. However i can't >>afford Kasparov and i clearly realize that. I can't afford a single GM >>even. I'm lucky some play a few blitz games against it at the internet. >> >>Now we see a person called Hsu. Why not first make a program, >>start hacking it up to the internet, then start thinking of these things? >> >>Kasparov gets questions like this every day: "let us sign some contracts, >>then i go try find some money with your signature". >> >>Perhaps 10 times a day? >> >>Sure not every day from Hsu, but Kasparov is a professional chessplayer, >>not a professor who is there to do research and help students. >> >>I'm sure Hsu can dedicate easily another 6 months to building *a* machine. >>In a letter Hsu says he doesn't need more money to make it even. excellent. >> >>Then he can show something. In USA internet is for free in contradiction >>to europe. for a few dollar he can hack it up to the internet chess >>server, i'm sure of that. >> >>A promise IBM has never kept, probably fearing other computers. >> >>Now then he has something to show his sponsors >> >> - i've got a machine >> - see how it plays >> >>Right now he can only show a bit of dusty paper. >> >>First play a cheap 2700+ GM for example. Now IF it wins, then go on >>and try to achieve the big price. >> >>Of course if Hsu doesn't believe in his new machine he sure won't play >>other GMs. >> >>Vincent > > EXCELLENT!! I wish I had said that. Very good. > > Best wishes, > > George Here is a suggestion: If you don't have anything to add, please don't post "I agree" or "I wish I had said that". It only wastes bandwidth downloading the headers for threading, and then reading a bunch of quoted stuff with nothing new at the end. Nettiquette suggests that this is a newbie practice that should be avoided.
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