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Subject: Re: CCC Elections: Questions for the Nominees.

Author: Michael Cummings

Date: 07:26:25 08/09/00

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On August 09, 2000 at 09:38:17, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>Just because something is about computers, or about chess, or about computers
>_and_ chess, does _not_ make it on-topic.  This message board was _never_
>intended to be the conduit between end-users and program authors.  Except in
>a general way.  IE "why can't Rebel solve this simple endgame?" is a reasonable
>thing to ask here as it might be interesting to others.  But "How do I extract
>the files necessary to make the enormous.pgn book for Crafty?" doesn't belong
>here.  Email or the mailing list is the right place for non-general-interest
>questions.

Okay I understand all that, and it is clear to me now what you mean. But do you
not think that CCC has transformed into something more than it was originally
intended. Now a place to bring all computer chess related material into forum.

I read allot of those chessmaster and other threads between two people. And it
is sometimes interesting to just watch, read and go along with thread between
two people, especially in some chessmaster threads.

So if two people are writing about a program and games they are playing a
moderator was to send them an email saying do it via email, then we would come
on expecting an update from the given two people only to find things stopping
dead.

I probably skip 90% or higher of threads that are posted, if it does not
interest me then I do not look. But I would never tell two people who are right
into a debate or sharing of information which they might consider other people
might be interested to, to go and do their stuff in private.

I am not saying you would do that, but it is just something I think you may have
missed.



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