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Subject: Re: Who has the bigger thing?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:47:35 07/21/00

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On July 21, 2000 at 17:39:17, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Although I am old enough to know how fats people lose his head when his egoes
>are on stake, the discussion between Tom K and Bob H about who is the best guy
>of the universe in chess programming - and the conected issues arousing from
>that- has reached a level of magnificent madness. I invite all you to read the
>posts and get some fun. Don't lose them. Mark Twain would be happy to see such a
>proof of his statements about the human race. Great...

Not Mark Twain, but George Bernard Shaw.

HIGGINS: "Damn Mrs. Pearce; and damn the coffee; and damn you; and damn my own
folly in having lavished hard-earned knowledge and the treasure of my regard and
intimacy on a heartless guttersnipe."

>Fernando
>(of course I am prepared for the following typical act of the drama: both of
>them look at me and shoot at me as a good way to disentangle of his own mess)

Shooting the messenger is always in bad taste.  I prefer the use of a
broadsword.

I think the recent spate of misconduct can be explained away easily:
"Moderator elections on the horizon."



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