Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 09:55:34 09/09/00
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Hello again, Let me jog your memory a little, regarding Thorsten. What I said was (a quote): "To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic, the way Thorsten's mind seems to be working, is difficult to accomodate in a forum of this type." As you can see, I never said that Thorsten should be censored, I just said that he is difficult to accommodate in a forum like CCC. Another thing is that I personally never censored him as this is my first time ever as moderator. Thorsten _is_ posting even now and taking part in discussions on CCC, using an alias. I do think that he should start using his real name, but it's up to him right now as long as he respects the Charter. You: during the "Hans Gerber" time, you asked the moderators to re-activate your account, which they did. After a few days you posted your username and password and were formally suspended indefinitely. Right? At the beginning of the previous moderators' mandate you didn't have an account with your own name because you had asked that it be disabled during some earlier argument. Then you made multiple fake accounts and caused havoc. Right? ChessBase: I do write little things every now and then for the German magazine "Computerschach und Spiele" and I do test some of the ChessBase products. That should not make me sycophantic at all with regard to the company -- I think that I see the shortcomings of ChessBase products quite clearly and regularly write about these to the ChessBase people. Computer chess is a hobby for me, I do not make any money out of it. It just so happens that ChessBase is still producing the best databases and chess playing programs, IMO, of course. Naturally, there are other interesting programs that I like and respect (let me mention only a few): Shredder, Tiger, Rebel, Crafty and Chess System Tal, etc. The latter is wonderful, serendipitous and fun to play against. And strong, especially against humans. Although I have been attached to Fritz ever since the times of Knight Stalker (Fritz 1), I recognise the worth of other programs and try not to question other people's tastes when discussing programs' merits. And, least of all, do I try to question other people's efforts: thousands and thousands of hours put into testing programs by the SSDF, for example. Discussion in this forum _can_ be open-minded and democratic. The only thing needed is decency. *** Djorde
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