Author: Steven Schwartz
Date: 07:21:33 04/15/98
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On April 15, 1998 at 01:55:12, Christophe Theron wrote: >On April 14, 1998 at 21:25:48, Steven Schwartz wrote: > >>On April 14, 1998 at 18:51:25, Fernando Villegas wrote: >> >>>Hi steve (or whoever) >>>I wonder if wouldn't be a good idea to create here a kind of Who's who >>>in order to know each other better. I know by name many if not all >>>people that participate here and even I have had debates, discussion, >>>etc with many of them, or at least I have read his post, and then it >>>happens to me to become curious. How they are, which is his trade or >>>job, whre they live, what a heck they do apart from losing time here >>>-:-)? As you know well I have made interviews to some programmers, >>>published in WCCR, some of them are here -bob Hyatt, christophe, Amir >>>Ban- but I surely would like to know also who is in his "real" life >>>Larry Tamarkin or Mat or Thorsten, Karsten, etc. For me it has been a >>>source of increasing pleasure to know better, bty example, our common >>>friend Enrique and I suppose the same can happens with many others. So, >>>what about to develop a kind of questionare in order to give each of us >>>our data, who we are, and then stock the results in an special section >>>foir those that want to consult it? >>>Or this sound too latin stuff to tough anglosaxon people in the age of >>>Internet? >>>fernando. >> >>I have heard about the Latin's propensity for making love (all >>totally true I am sure you will remind me) but never their >>reputation for their ideas concerning Who's Who in CCR-like >>message boards:-} >> >>I have often thought the same thing. I am in the business, and yet >>there are posters that I do not recognize. I always hesitated to >>make your suggestion because I did not want to have commercialization >>rear its ugly head into the CCC. However, to have a short description >>of members who wish to be described, in my opinion, would be very >>informative and interesting. >>Since this is a club... are there any other opinions on >>Fernando's motion? >>-Steve > >Great idea. In fact it was one of my secret desires, but I didn't dare >to ask. > >One of the -stupid- thing I would like: have the opportunity to see a >picture of each member of this club. > >I was a participant in the last world championship in Paris, and I met a >lot of people there. It was great. Some of them are posting there, and >maybe I don't even know this, because all I remember about some guys is >how they look like, I just don't remember their names. > >For example, take Thorsten Czub: we were in the same hotel in Paris. He >was in the room next to mine. We discovered that only here on CCC, >several month after the tournament! > >A little picture would have helped a little bit in this case. > >Another thing: when you know people will be able to look at you, you >refrain from writting bullshits, nonsenses or insults. > >A way to become more civilized. > >Sending a picture (by email) should not be obligatory, of course. > > > Christophe Sounds to me as if you are proposing scaring the hell out of everyone!:-} But, in spite of that, I think it is a great idea. We just need to recognize that those who do not want their picture made public or even their background (whatever that may be) divulged, should not be made self-conscious about their decision. Actually, now that I think of it, this (minus the photo) is what we did in the final written edition of Computer Chess Reports (before it went to the Web). - Steve
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