Author: Hans Gerber
Date: 15:11:34 06/19/00
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On June 19, 2000 at 08:51:57, Ralf Elvsén wrote: >On June 19, 2000 at 08:01:43, Hans Gerber wrote: > >>On June 18, 2000 at 22:28:55, Pete R. wrote: >> >>>I went to their site to check out the live Frankfurt games, but couldn't seem to >>>get anything actually moving other than the clocks. So I decided to check out >>>the playing zone there. Lame! Not only is it web-based as opposed to having a >>>real playing client, but banner ads pop up *during* games. What idiot thought >>>this up? >> >>snip >> >> >>It is apparently quite normal to call Kasparov or anyone out of his staff >>__idiot__ here in this CCC. >> >>This is not consistant with the so-called moderation politics. But it reveils >>the general attitude of computerchess people towards real chessplayers. More so >>if it's coming along under anonymity. >> >> >>Hans Gerber > >I see his comments as directed towards kasparovchess.com in general. >It has nothing to do with Kasparov. We must be allowed to call a company >"idiotic" Mr. Pete R. wrote "idiot" not "idiotic". >when we think it provides inferior sevices. Now, look at you >own post: "...the general attitude of computerchess people..." Sweeping >generalizations is a bad habit. I have several examples for that tendency. In that case I build a theory. Of course it's a generalization. A theory is always a generalization. Since when this is a bad habit? The using of the word "idiot" is ok, but my theory is bad? Hans Gerber > >Ralf Elvsén
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