Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:44:34 11/09/97
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On November 09, 1997 at 11:19:56, Thorsten Czub wrote: >>Peter managed to walk to the tournament hall each day, across streets >>and up stairs, probably for the better part of a kilometer each way. So >>if there is a problem with him walking around the tournament hall a few >>times, I don't understand his injury. > >This passage is famous ! >I will print it out, cut it and put it on my wall ! > >How do you think Bruce, should Peter carry the pc from desk to desk when >he uses >both sticks (Kruecken) to walk ? >How shall he knee behind his machine and connect the cable when he >cannot bend his leg ?? > >Do you really think it has something to do with computerchess ?? > >Sorry. I don't think this discussion is worth doing it. I ashames me a >little to defend a handicapped person against a strong american >non-handicapped one. I have a totally different perspective: If he couldn't play under the rules as used by everyone else, he ought to have simply "sat out" and not played in the speed event. Ditto for Louman, whom I don't believe should be allowed to participate under any circumstances after past actions. What would have happened if the two programs had to play each other? More time on the clock and shouting moves back and forth across the room since neither wanted to move? Had I been the TD I would have simply said "Peter, it is better if you simply sit out of the speed event, because it is going to be hectic, and not having you move your machine is going to complicate things at times." No need to shout, no need to be angry. Just "play under common rules or don't play." Crafty didn't play in the Jakarta speed event because Tom didn't feel like putting up with the frantic pace of playing. No one got angry because he didn't. I don't see the big deal here, either... Just another chance to act like babies. This is actually getting *worse* than r.g.c.c at present, you know...
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