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Subject: Re: Grandmaster Sam Luddite on Computers.

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 19:05:42 05/20/00

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On May 20, 2000 at 18:09:23, James Robertson wrote:

>On May 20, 2000 at 16:51:26, Timothy J. Frohlick wrote:
>
>>Hello, my name is Samuel B. Luddite and I disagree with the participation of
>>computers in national and international tournaments.  It is a well known fact
>>that computers have no soul and , like the animals are just things.
>
>To be honest, I have _never_ heard anybody, luddite or not, use this argument. I
>think that if you substituted the _actual_ arguments GMs use instead of these
>straw men, this post would look stupid.
>
>James
>
Mr. Robertson,

This post is designed to be stupid.  For Gods' sake man where is your sense of
humor?  Smug decision makers have done some pretty stupid things because they
would not listen to that little voice of the common man.  Wars have been fought
over stupid things.  Forest fires due to "controlled burns" have been set off
because a person with "superior understanding" ignored others who by his
estimation knew less.


Snobbish individuals with high-horsepower intellects that have the answers to
the world's problems when they are young soon realize as they age that they
exist in a very imperfect world.

The best that can be done in many cases is to just make jokes about unchangeable
situations.


Chess is life,


Tim Frohlick







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