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Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Chess System Tal update information

Author: Chris Whittington

Date: 14:28:50 12/22/97

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On December 22, 1997 at 13:49:21, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>
>On December 22, 1997 at 06:04:43, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>
>>On December 21, 1997 at 20:22:46, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>On December 20, 1997 at 07:34:55, Chris Whittington wrote:
>>>
>>>>BTW its Oxford SOFTWORKS not Oxford SYSTEMS (see above). Perhaps you
>>>>read too fast and get the wrong drift often ?  :)
>>>
>>>Wow, am I impressed by the professionalism I observe in that statement.
>>>Way to convince him to buy your software, Chris.
>>>
>>>Still, it pales in comparison to Alan Tomalty's recent bungle.
>>>Journalists (and I am convinced that Alan is not one, articles in En
>>>Passant notwithstanding) report news responsibly; Alan is one of the
>>>most irresponsible 'reporters' around, indeed, a computer chess
>>>papparazzi.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Dave Gomboc
>>
>>Dave, there is a smiley behind Chris message ! Why do you see his
>>sentence as an attack when he smiles ??
>>If somebody calls you Dave Tombog , whould you, in this context, not
>>take the joke-offer ?
>
>I saw the smiley.  If you were behind a counter in a store, would you
>insult someone who came up to the counter to ask a question

Sure I would.

>, then say --
>ahaha -- just kidding, dear chap!

No, I'ld have meant it in the first place.

>
>Well, I could actually imagine Chris doing this

Great intuition :)

>
>(possibly because I have
>never met him, who knows.)  I still wouldn't be impressed if I was the
>customer.

Tough. I don't go with the customer is always right crap. Mostly they're
always wrong; just like you and me.

Chris Whittington

> Just my opinion -- maybe others would feel differently.
>
>As for my name being misspelled and/or mispronounced, it happens on a
>regular basis!
>I don't sweat it.
>
>--
>Dave Gomboc



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