Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:34:29 11/02/00
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On November 02, 2000 at 13:07:04, Derek Bingley wrote: >On November 02, 2000 at 10:55:29, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On November 02, 2000 at 10:36:12, Derek Bingley wrote: >> >>>On November 02, 2000 at 10:16:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: >>> >>>>On November 02, 2000 at 06:04:12, Derek Bingley wrote: >>>> >>>>>On November 02, 2000 at 01:01:21, David Beauregard wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On November 02, 2000 at 00:47:39, pavel wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>On November 02, 2000 at 00:41:42, David Beauregard wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>On November 02, 2000 at 00:39:24, pavel wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>On November 02, 2000 at 00:26:47, David Beauregard wrote: >>>>>>>>><snip> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>You can either play me or not. You decide. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>David Beauregard >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>wow BOB, you have a choice between 'life' and 'death' >>>>>>>>>chose...hurry!! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>Pavel >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>To Pavel: chess is life or death and maybe some of you should realize it is >>>>>>>>just a game..... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>I just realized.... >>>>>>> >>>>>>>do you also have an account in FICS? >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Pavel >>>>>> >>>>>>To Pavel: I meant to say that chess is NOT life or death and maybe some of you >>>>>>should realize it is just a game. I asked Mr Hyatt in a very cordial manner to >>>>>>rethink his policy of noplaying and censoring LeTiger. That is all. >>>>> >>>>>David, >>>>> >>>>>Writing as a lurker here for a little while I would like to express my sympathy >>>>>with you. Perfectly well written, non-rude, well-argued or even polite requests >>>>>which are seen as even marginally critical of certain people here are routinely >>>>>met with summary rudeness as if this was the most natural response in the world. >>>>>Once the rude lead has been given there is then a tendency for a mob with >>>>>unknown names and common agenda to then jump all over the original posting >>>>>'offender' as if it entirely natural, their right and they 'own the place'. With >>>>>observation over time it appears that posters capable of making knowledgeable >>>>>posts just leave, or restrict their posting to the occasional hostile complaint >>>>>or flame. Slowly the whole thing just degenerates. Time for a new forum or >>>>>return to rgcc. This one doesn't work anymore. >>>>> >>>>>Kind regards, >>>>> >>>>>Derek Bingley (2100 Rating) >>>>> >>>> >>>>Or you _could_ return to your own chess forum. I'm sure it is working quite >>>>well since you set it up and control it? >>>> >>>> >>> >>>I don't have a chess forum, thank you very much. >>> >>>I have absolutely no connection with any commercial site, non-commercial site, >>>chess program, chess shop, chess company, chess forum, university department or >>>anything else. >>> >>>Kind regards, >>> >>> >>>Derek Bingley (2100 Rating) >>> >> >> >>Right. I haven't written any chess programs, either... >> > >If you would like to question the truth of the statements: > >>>I don't have a chess forum, thank you very much. >>> >>>I have absolutely no connection with any commercial site, non-commercial site, >>>chess program, chess shop, chess company, chess forum, university department or >>>anything else. > >would you like to commit to a wager of, say, $10,000? > >I'll give you the address of a suitable licenced attorney where you can deposit >the funds. Then I'll provide you the proof. "anything else" means, for these >purposes, a commercial connection in computer chess. "university department" for >these purposes means one that has a computer chess involvement. > >Kind regards, > > >Derek Bingley I don't bet. That would likely mean you had simply resigned from the well-known Oxford company. :) > > >> >> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> I did not >>>>>>like Andreas answer because I thought it was a vulgar message. I will refrain >>>>>>from asking Professor Hyatt again to play crafty. Thanks for all the courtesy >>>>>>extended by Mr Hyatt, Andreas and Pavel.
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