Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 20:25:04 08/25/00
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On August 25, 2000 at 06:09:17, Uri Blass wrote:
>On August 25, 2000 at 05:54:28, Roger Kyte wrote:
>
>>On August 25, 2000 at 04:47:39, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>
>>>On August 23, 2000 at 21:47:04, Roger Kyte wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 23, 2000 at 02:25:13, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>It is nice to meet people in person. If you haven't gone to one of these, and
>>>>>you have a program, I recommend that you go. You'll meet some interesting
>>>>>people, and learn a lot.
>>>>>
>>>>>If things are done over the internet, there is less communication and less
>>>>>common experience.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm happy to go, I just don't want it always to be me who pays for the 11-hour
>>>>>plane trip.
>>>>>
>>>>>bruce
>>>>
>>>>You complain that it costs money to participate in a prize fund match.
>>>>
>>>>Also, you do not release your program as an engine for sale, perhaps as a
>>>>chessbase engine, this would also cover your expenses and then some.
>>>>
>>>>I think you have to take part of the blame for your financial woes and not blame
>>>>others.
>>>
>>>I don't have any financial woes. I just don't want to pay for it and sit on the
>>>plane forever this year.
>>>
>>>bruce
>>
>>That is fine, you do not have to participate, but please stop complaining about
>>the few thousand dollars in expenses you would have to incur. If you ran your
>>computer chess activities properly this could be written off as a business
>>expense against revenues.
>>
>>Do you think WMCC should pay for your plane ticket and nobody else's ??
>>
>>Sponsors are not that interested in computer chess anymore, as pubic interest
>>has dropped.
>>
>>In this case, similiar to Crafty, this is your hobby no revenues are generated.
>>Do you honestly believe somebody should give you money to support your hobby ??
>>
>>That is not very American of you -:)
>
>This is from bruce's post:
>"I just don't want it always to be me who pays for the 11-hour plane trip."
>
>I think that you did not understand bruce.
>
>He did not complain about the fact that he always has to pay but about the fact
>that he always has to pay for 11-hour plane trip.
>
>Programmers from Europe do not have to pay for *11* hour plane trip and not
>because of sponsors.
>
>Uri
I am a european programmer and, as Bruce, I have to pay for a 11-hours plane
trip.
Worse: I have to pay to go to Europe, and I know Europe already... I'd prefer to
pay and discover some new places. Canada or the US for example. Or Israel...
Christophe
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