Author: Steve Lopez
Date: 23:23:08 05/30/00
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On May 30, 2000 at 00:21:06, Albert Silver wrote: >Despite the hassle it must cause at times, I think your presence on the Usenet >in order to help answer questions on CB products or other is a positive one. > Thanks, Albert. I generally tried for it to be positive. But the dual factors of the increased workload in answering Usenet questions (on top of the 30 to 40 e-mails I get every day) and the presence of genuine nutjobs who seem to exist solely to "increase/accelerate entropy" (as another poster so eloquently put it) make it a tough row to hoe. Once Bob left rgcc as a regular contributor, the bullseye seemed to end up squarely on my back; I finally decided to follow Bob, Matthias, Feng, Ed, and the others who ultimately determined that it was just too much hassle to try to communicate over all the noise. I still read the group and answer an occasional question, but it's much more fun to trade quips with Jeroen and Pete in the other chess ngs (in an unofficial capacity) than to try to keep a level head as a company representative when dealing with the trollers and flamers in rgcc. If they want to control the ng, who am I to stand in their way? I'm a firm believer in the idea that the Internet is what people make it and that people ultimately get the Internet they deserve. I'm sure this can be perceived as a crappy attitude on my part, but four years of their nonsense is enough to deal with. I'm sure that this will get reposted to rgcc with the typical hoots, catcalls, and cries of "victory!" from the usual characters -- they can knock themselves out. Hey, it'll look great on their resumès in the "Life Accomplishments" section. -- Steve Lopez The Chess Kamikaze Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/ludekdudek/ The Chess Kamikaze Club: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chesskamikazes
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