Author: Wayne Lowrance
Date: 14:50:51 08/07/00
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On August 07, 2000 at 17:24:40, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On August 07, 2000 at 17:01:59, Randall Shane wrote: > >>On August 07, 2000 at 13:30:51, Tom Kerrigan wrote: >> >>>On August 07, 2000 at 09:43:16, pavel wrote: >>> >>>>On August 07, 2000 at 08:47:39, Alvaro Rodriguez wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 07, 2000 at 07:06:00, Peter McKenzie wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Wouldn't it be better for you two to have these conversations via email? >>>>> >>>>>I´m following the threads about the new cm-book, so I think this thread is ok.. >>>>> >>>>>Alvaro >>>> >>>>I am sorry.....but this is what I THINK. >>>> >>>>when questions about crafty is asked ....moderators (some) requests to use the >>>>crafty mailing list. ( yesh i know crafty has a mailing list and CM doesnt). >>> >>>Crafty questions are welcome on CCC. People who ask questions directly of Bob >>>Hyatt are advised to do so via e-mail or the Crafty mailing list, seeing as it >>>would be more appropriate. >> >>Question : >>What about non-Crafty chess-programming related questions, directed to Bob >>Hyatt, that are of a sufficiently general interest that anybody could answer >>and/or discuss? I realize that that is a vague and probably too general >>question, but I am interested in the boundaries of the above announcement. >> >>Or course, substitute any name for Bob Hyatt's in the above question, and it >>becomes an interesting question for future moderator candidates. > >I think Tom's response was great. > >Sometimes you know who to ask, and sometimes you don't. Sometimes you know that How do you know that ? >nobody else cares about the answer to your question, and sometimes you think >that an answer might benefit others (immediately). Ok, good, but if I make a _judgement_ that others will be interested in the chat I do not want to be chastized by Tom for making that decision ! > >It seems obvious that if you know who to ask, and the answer won't be of >interest to anyone but you, you should use email. The other cases maybe should >be posted here. OK, that is fine but the key phrase here is "If I make a _judgement_......Again do not be critical when the judgement is made on the complement side of that statement. > >Posts cycle in this group so fast, and it is so hard to search on old posts, >that questions that are asked in public, so that someone else can look up the >answer in six months, don't really work. It's better not to clutter up the >group with this kind of stuff. > >bruce Wayne
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